buttons not able to control a movieclip's timeline

i have 2 buttons (prev and next) that should control the timeline of a moviclip called "container"

but it just doesn't work. at first it moves to the second frame on this movieclip then the container shows always the same content ( it has different content for each frame), the content of the second frame.

though , the output panel shows:

prev. cf: 2
next. cf: 1

Code:

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function btnContainerClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    if (e.target.name == "btn_prev")
        trace ("prev. cf: " + container.currentFrame);
//        container.gotoAndStop(container.currentFrame - 1);
          container.prevFrame();
//        container.gotoAndStop(2);

    if (e.target.name == "btn_next")
        trace ("next. cf: " + container.currentFrame);
//        container.gotoAndStop(container.currentFrame + 1);
          container.nextFrame();
//        container.gotoAndStop(5);
}

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i get absolutely no clue of what's going on and i'm getting insane.
i really appreciate any help. thanks a lot.

If this doesn't help, please attach a source file, and we'll go from there, but until then, try the following:

Code:

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function btnContainerClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
        if (e.target.name=="btn_prev") {
                trace("prev. cf: " + container.currentFrame);
                container.prevFrame();
        }
        if (e.target.name=="btn_next") {
                trace("next. cf: " + container.currentFrame);
                container.nextFrame();
        }   
}

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It looks to me like your conditionals aren't properly formatted. Remember to keep all actions assigned to the particular condition within the condition to which they apply. Then the container.gotoAndStop(5);
I wasn't sure when that was supposed to happen.

Does this help?

EDIT: this post can be removed, misread your code :)