# Weird problems when trying to jump to differit frames using variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-problems-when-trying-to-jump-to-differit-frames-using-variable/272802>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 8, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-problems-when-trying-to-jump-to-differit-frames-using-variable/272802 "2008-10-08T16:21:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![bogdani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@bogdani](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bogdani)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-problems-when-trying-to-jump-to-differit-frames-using-variable/272802/1 "2008-10-08T16:21:53Z")

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Hello guys,

I’m not new to Flash MX and I wouldn’t have asked but this is taking  
me a ridicolous amount of time to debug and I bet it’s something  
simple. I’m not sure what’s happening here and why it doesn’t work:

```auto

 stop();
 secti="ScreeningAndRecords";
 if(secti=="BriefBiography") { gotoAndPlay(2);}
 else if (secti=="AboutUs") { gotoAndPlay(3); }
 else if (secti=="SucceedWithUs") { gotoAndPlay(4); }
 else if (secti=="ScreeningAndRecords") { gotoAndPlay(5); }
 else if (secti=="Vission_And_Mission") { gotoAndPlay(6); }
 else if (secti=="How_We_Operate") { gotoAndPlay(7); }
 else if (secti=="Contact_Us") { gotoAndPlay(8); }
 trace("'"+secti+"'");

```

It won’t just jump to any of those frames! I’m reading the variable  
from a php file, however, for testing purposes I defined it  
internally. I also trace it and it’s good. But it won’t just go and  
play that frame. Each of those frame has a stop(); and a movieclip (a  
simple image).

Any ideas? o.O

(Using Flash MX 2004 with Actionscript 2.0)

Thanks!!