I was under the impression that the base layer was "0".
Antway, I changed the layer numbers. The button movie loads fine (now on layer 3), but the subsequent movies still won't load (I changed their layer to 2).

I think my problem is with the code from the button movie (daughter) to the main movie (root). My guess is that I screwed up the syntax. Do you have a sample of what it should look like?
Thanks,
Robert