AttachMovie HitTests

Hi everyone, so I wasn't sure if I were to put this in the Actionscript forum or in here, so I put it in here. I'm making a small test for a game so I made two attached movieclips to the stage. I got them to move at each other, but when they hit, it doesn't detect it. Is there anyway i can make them hit eachother?
Heres the code --
Thanks in advance.(By the way, I'm using as2)

Code:

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var hnumber:Number                = 0;
var enumber:Number                = 1;
var timer:Boolean                = false;
onLoad = function(){
        newHero2();
        newEnemy2();
}
function newHero2(){
        hnumber++
        var newHero = "hero"+hnumber;
        _root.attachMovie("hero", newHero, hnumber);
        _root[newHero]._x = 65;
        _root[newHero]._y = 197.3;
        _root[newHero].onEnterFrame = function(){
                _root[newHero]._x+=4;
        }
}
function newEnemy2(){
        enumber++
        var newEnemy = "enemy"+enumber;
        _root.attachMovie("enemy", newEnemy, enumber);
        _root[newEnemy]._x = 476;
        _root[newEnemy]._y = 197.3;
        _root[newEnemy].onEnterFrame = function(){
                _root[newEnemy]._x-=4;
                if(_root[newEnemy].hitTest(_root[newHero])){
                        trace("HIT");
                }
        }
}

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You may be complicating things... try this,

PHP Code:

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onLoad = function(){
    newHero2();
    newEnemy2();
}
function newHero2(){
    this.attachMovie("hero", "newHero", this.getNextHighestDepth());
    this.newHero._x = 65;
    this.newHero._y = 197.3;
    this.newHero.onEnterFrame = function(){
        this._x += 4;
    }
}
function newEnemy2(){
    this.attachMovie("enemy", "newEnemy", this.getNextHighestDepth());
    this.newEnemy._x = 476;
    this.newEnemy._y = 197.3;
    this.newEnemy.onEnterFrame = function(){
        this._x -= 4;
        if(newHero.hitTest(newEnemy)) {
            trace("HIT");
            delete newEnemy.onEnterFrame;
        }
    }
} 


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Works great. Thanks!

Actually you may want to add this line of code in to remove the onEnterFrame for the hero function, unless of course you need it. EnterFrame events are resource hogs, so when they're not needed, delete them.

PHP Code:

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 if(newHero.hitTest(newEnemy)) {
            trace("HIT");
            delete newHero.onEnterFrame; // add this line
            delete newEnemy.onEnterFrame;
        } 


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