# Navigate from btn on mc\_A to FRAME on mc\_B

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-from-btn-on-mc-a-to-frame-on-mc-b/293440
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 29, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-from-btn-on-mc-a-to-frame-on-mc-b/293440 "2009-07-29T01:20:34Z")
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### Author: ![paxinter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@paxinter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paxinter)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigate-from-btn-on-mc-a-to-frame-on-mc-b/293440/1 "2009-07-29T01:20:34Z")

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[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]I’m using Flash MX (the pre-02004 version) to design a photo portfolio that will be distributed on CDs to potential clients.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]It’s broken up into subject galleries, each of which is its own movie clip. The pages of those gallery movie clips are all separate movie clips, too, regardless of whether they contain single images or layouts of images. Frame labels with stop codes separate each gallery\_mc.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]Within each gallery, previous and next buttons allow page-to-page navigation. From the last page of gallery\_A\_mc (e.g.), I figured out how to go to the first page of gallery\_B\_mc by using the following ActionScript:[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]on (release) {[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calisto MT]this.\_parent.gotoAndStop(“gallery\_B\_FrameLabel”);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]}[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]The problem I’m having, though, is when I’m on the first page of gallery\_B\_mc, and I want to make the previous button go to the last page of gallery\_A\_mc.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]on (release) {[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calisto MT]this.\_parent.gotoAndStop(“gallery\_A\_FrameLabel”);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]}[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]// Doesn’t work, obviously, because it launches the first page of gallery\_A\_mc.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]on (release) {[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calisto MT]this.\_parent.gotoAndStop(“gallery\_B\_FrameLabel.gallery\_B\_mc”, 5);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]}[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]// I’d think that this should make it go to frame 5 of gallery\_B\_mc, which is on the gallery\_B\_FrameLabel, but it doesn’t make it go anywhere.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]on (release) {[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Calisto MT]this.\_parent.gotoAndStop("gallery\_B\_mc”, 5);[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]}[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]// Also doesn’t make it go anywhere.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=3][FONT=Calisto MT]Can anyone offer me a suggestion? I’ve been reading books and doing tutorials, and have learned a lot, but I can’t seem to resolve this linkage issue. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]Thanks in advance for any assistance you’re able to provide.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calisto MT][SIZE=3]paxinter[/SIZE][/FONT]