ActionScript 2.0 :: Setting And Passing A Variable?

im trying to set up a variable passing system where once the user clicks a button it sets a variable and then once the movie hits a certain frame an if statement checks the variable and sends the user off in the direction depending on what the variable is.

here is the code on the button

on(release) {
set("global", "variable1");
}

[Code]....

the code seems to be working on the first part as the movie goes to the "here" part but i cant get it to go to the "thisplace" section.