[flash 8 as2] gotoAndPlay problem

programming flash
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Hello,

I have a movie clip, I need to navigate this movie clip as a button, but cannot make it a button or I"ll loose all the actionscript to make the movie clip flashy. I’ve tried the typical

on (release) {
    
    gotoAndPlay(2);
}

yet it doesn’t seem to go to the frame I"ve requested. Is there some way I have to set this up I know it’s different than a button, but I"ve looked for the past 5 hours in other threads and cannot seem to find an answer.

Thanks