rotating a nested movieclip

i trying rotate nested movieclip pressing nested clip pressing rotation command. works when clip rotate on _root layer not when within (which must not rotate). need maintain nesting because have zoom , pan function associated movieclips in layer.

this code have:

rotate button -

on (press) {
changerotation = getproperty("/rotate", _rotation);
setproperty("/rotate", _rotation, number(changerotation)+15);
}

nested movieclip -

on (press) {
startdrag("", false);
}

on (release) {
stopdrag();
}

on (release) {
setproperty("/rotate", _name, "");
setproperty("", _name, "rotate");
}

you need use path/instance name target movieclip instance want control.

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