? how would you write:

if(c=1){
gotoAndPlay.home.trans "contact";
}

... .home is a mc that contains .trans mc and "contact" is a label in the .trans mc timeline.

I get the
contactbtn.on(press) {
gotoAndPlay ("next"); // address label within the current mc
}
but am unclear how to do this correctly when the timeline label is within a movie clip inside another movie clip.

thanks for the clarification
Self taught... still learning actionscript flasher