Drop-down Menu Problems

[Raldo]

Alright, so I have a movie clip, inside the movie clip is a button with a few layers in the main timeline. In the actionscipt it says:

on(rollOver){
gotoAndStop(6);
}

On frame 6 I have the main button, and the second drop-down button attached to it in the layer underneath the main button. The main button has the actionscript:

on (release){
loadVariables("day.txt","_root");
}

and the drop-down button has the script:

on (release){
gotoAndPlay("Blog Archive", 1);
}

I also have a roll-off box underneath all this to reset everything if the mouse leaves that area:

on (rollOut) {
gotoAndStop(1);
}

My problem is, the main button works like a charm, but the drop-down button doesn't do anything other than look pretty and change colors when you click on it.

I've looked at all my scene names, and double checked frame references... but I don't know why the second button won't work.
I was even suggested using:

on (release) {_parent.gotoAndStop(INSERT FRAME NUMBER);
}

But still no luck... Any suggestions?

[oldnewbie]

Well for one thing you can't target scene names from movie clips. In fact you should never target scene names...
You should target a labeled frame instead. Label the targeted frame in the targeted scene with a unique label, add _root, and target the labeled frame...

code:

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on(release){

_root.gotoAndplay("frame_label");

}

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But you may also have another problem with your overlapping buttons... Could only tell by looking at your .fla, zipped up and in MX only format, not MX2004.

[Raldo]

Thanks, worked like a charm!