Trouble with scene parameter & root timeline

Hi all,

I am using a drop down menu in a flash movie, and I am having trouble with the
scene parameter in the gotoAndPlay function.

Basicaly, my buttons are in a movie clip, and since they are not located in
the root timeline, it won’t send the playhead to the (“scene”, “frame”) that I
specify.

I understand that you can use the scene parameter only on the root Timeline,
not within Timelines for movie clips or other objects in the document. So I am
wondering if there is any way to inform the button that I am refering to the root timeline?

This is a problem for me because I am using transitions between sections and my drop down menu really needs to be in a movie clip, I cannot make it work on the root timeline.
Thank you for your precious help.

Catherine

I think I just got it, puttin “_root.” in front of the function seems to solve it all!