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1. Start with 2 buttons and one movieclip on the stage.

2. Insert the “santiago” label on the movieclip timeline.
Double click on the movieclip.
Create a new layer and name it “labels”.
On the frame you want to label, right click and select “insert keyframe”.

With the keyframe selected, go to the properties palette and name it “santiago”.

The timeline should look something like this:

3. Label the instances on the main timeline (scene 1).
Select the button instance on the stage that will take us to frame 15.
In the properties palette, name it “frame_btn”.

Select the button instance on the stage that will take us to “santiago”.
In the properties palette, name it “santiago_btn”.

Select the movieclip instance on the stage.
In the properties palette, name it “movie_mc”.

4. Create a new layer on scene 1 timeline and call it “actions”.

5. Select the actions layer frame and insert the following code using the actions palette:
//———–presets——————–
movie_mc.stop();

//———–listeners——————–
frame_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onFrameClick);
santiago_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onSantiagoClick);

//———–functions——————–
//go to and stop frame 15
function onFrameClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
movie_mc.gotoAndStop(15);
}
//go to and stop frame laneled “santiago”
function onSantiagoClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
movie_mc.gotoAndStop(“santiago”);
}

Note: If you want the mc to play, rather than stop at the destination frame, change the operation “gotoAndStop” to “gotoAndPlay“.

6. Save .fla and render.
The movie should start in a static state, go to frame 15 or frame “santiago” of the mc when you click on the corresponding button.