Control 3 movie clip with one button [ as2,cs4 ]

[nicole_p]

hello
i have 1 button and 3 Movieclip
there is 2 frame in each move clip .
i want to control all mc with my button.
when i press it all mc go to frame 2 .

i use this action for button :

on (release) {
	_root.f1 = true;
}

and use this action on first frame of each movie clip :

stop();
if (_root.f1 == true) {
	gotoAndStop(2);

}

but don't work , please help .

i attach the fla file .

[jamesloacher]

on(release){
_root.movieClip1name.gotoAndStop(2);
_root.movieClip2name.gotoAndStop(2);
_root.movieClip3name.gotoAndStop(2);





} 

[nicole_p]

tanx for reply jamesloacher .
but think if the movie clip number increase ( ex : 200 move clip ) your code is not logical anymore.
i want to do something that could be control any number of movieclip .

tanx again .

[jamesloacher]

One wway would be to store the movieClips in an array;

var myMovieClips = [mc1,mc2,mc3,mc4,mc5,mc5,mcn]

on (release){
for(i=0;i < _root.myMovieClips.length;i++){
myMovieClips[i].gotoAndStop(2);

}



} 

[nicole_p]

tanx for your great script's .
code work fine in frame 1 , but if movie clip separate in other frame they don't change .
take look at attachment .(test3)

i think could do this with ( if ) script but i don't know why my code don't work fine ?
in my attachment ( test_myway) if you click on ( 1 change ) and then click to next frame , it's work , but i want to do it on same frame .
help .

[jamesloacher]

Can't open the files here in flashCS3.Could you save them in an older format?

[nicole_p]

i attached the cs3 version now .

[jamesloacher]

The reason my way won't work is they go out of scope on the 2nd frame.

It is best to try to keep everything in one frame if possible.

I did not understand your way, maybe someone here can be of some assistance.