Newbie question

Hey,

I’m new here,just registered. I had this newbie problem…

On the stage I have 3 layers, 1 is actions, 2 is content 3 is bg and locked with a picture on it. I made a really simple movieclip, it’s a piece of text with a mask over it. The mask slowly moves over it and reveals the text. It all worked yee yeye but when I place it on the stage (layer 2, content) and i hit the enter or ctrl+enter it does not play my movieclip. I tried making the timelines on the stage as long as the movieclip is but nothing happens??? please help.

thanks,
lowen.f