Controlling the timeline from inside a movie clip

programming flash
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Very very simple to most of you im sure…but i’m just learning AS3 and need some basic help…

I have a button in my movie clip that I want to be able to control the main timeline with upon clicking.

I’d started with this:


nextbutton_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);

function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{
play();	
}

nextbutton_mc.buttonMode = true;

…but “play();” here obviously only controls the movie clip itself as opposed to the main timeline level. How can I control the main timeline? What would I put in place of “play();” to start a stopped timeline?

Thanks in advance.