# Flash mx beginner... movieclip manipulation question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806
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**Created:** [October 23, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806 "2003-10-23T19:36:57Z")
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### Author:  [@xZeRox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xZeRox)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806/1 "2003-10-23T19:36:57Z")
hi everybody, this is my first post here, so plz be gentle. im a beginner at using flash mx actionscript with no previous programming experience.
im currently doing an animation where a movie clip moves from right to left using this code i found at the tutorials section:
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
speed = 2;
this.\_x += speed;
}
now what i want to do is have the move clip stop moving when the user puts the mouse over it, but i dont know how to do that, plz help. π
xZeRox
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806/2 "2003-10-23T20:15:11Z")
Welcome, xZeRox. :beam:
You could use the [[font=courier new]MovieClip.hitTest()[/font]](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary534.html) method:
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
var speed = 2;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._x += !this.hitTest(this._parent._xmouse, this._parent._ymouse, true)*speed;
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806/3 "2003-10-23T20:19:12Z")
how does that work kode?
where is the if/then statement?
i dont get itβ¦ βΉ
EDIT: Oh, I see, if it is on it it will be 0 and 0 times 2 is 0, cool code kode
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806/4 "2003-10-23T20:44:33Z")
awesome! thnx Kode! it works brilliantly.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-beginner-movieclip-manipulation-question/33806/5 "2003-10-23T20:47:17Z")
No problem, xZeRox. π
And glad you figured it out, Yeldarb. π