Using actionscript in Flash8 to make a shape move one frame to the right

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Hi everyone,
I try to make a clip that contains a shape and a button. Whenever the button is pressed I want the shape to move one frame to the right. I used “actionscript” to create that clip and this is how I did it:
In layer 1 which I named “circle” I created a circle and made it a symbol named “circle”.
At frame 10 I added a keyframe and made that tween a motion tween. In frame 1 I marked the circle and named the instance: “circle”.
I added a layer above “circle”, named it “button”, and created a square out of which I made a symbol named “Button”. That layer too had 10 frames of tween type: “none”. I marked the symbol in frame 1 and named the instance: "Button.
I adde another layer, on top of all the layers and called it: “Actions”. I marked
frame 1, opened “Actions” panel and assigned the code:

button.onPress = function()
{
circle.gotoAndStop(_currentframe+1);
};

I ran the clip and on the monitor a circle and a square showed up. When I laid the mouse on the “Square” shape, it showed an hand and a finger pointing at the square. When I pressed the mouse, nothing happened.
I wanted the circle to move one frame to the right as a response to a mouse click. Why didn’t it do it ?
Can anyone show me how to do it?
Thanks.

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You need to post your fla because it’s not clear the structure of what you have created - on the root timeline do you have tweening or is that inside a symbol?

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Hi EastCoast.
My problem is eventually solved. My problem was: I didn’t distinguish instance’s time line and main time line. I carefully changed the code so when an action is attributed to an instance, it followed an instance’s name + dot. I got confused at first but now things are clearer.
Thank you for will to help.