Movieclip to gotoAndPlay when root timeline has reached a specific frame

Hi,

I’m trying to get a movieclip on my main timeline to jump to a frame when the user has clicked to the next frame, but I don’t want the movieclip to go to that specific frame until the movieclip itself has reach a certain frame.

I bet this is pretty noob question, but I’m probably a bit slow because I’ve tried reading tutorials and everything, but can’t get this simple code to work inside the movie clip:

stop();

if ((root).currentFrame == (3)) {

    root.mc.gotoAndPlay ("loop");

}

else

{

    root.mc.gotoAndPlay (“continue1"));

}

I’ve also tried this:

stop();

{

    if ((root).currentFrame == 3) {

    this.gotoAndPlay(272);

}

else

{

    this.gotoAndPlay(283);

}

}

And many other variations..

I don’t really understand anything anymore about coding..

I just wish someone could tell me how I can get this to work before I do something drastic or my head explodes.

Thanks!