playing main timeline from within movie clip

[orson26]

i have a rather easy question... i have a button within a movie clip that i want to play the main timeline. _root.gotoandplay() doesn't seem to be working. how can i play the movie on level0 from a button on level2?

[k-town chika]

Try adding a frame label in on your root timeline

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("lablename");
}

this worked for me.

[erlenmeyer71]

_root takes you to the root layer of whatever level you're on. Since you're on level 2, it takes you to the topmost layer of level 2. To get to level 0,

_level0.gotoAndPlay(x);

[orson26]

hey thanks, the _level0.gotoandplay() thing worked great. simple answer for a simple question i guess.