# hitTest help

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**Created:** [November 27, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-help/208254 "2006-11-27T01:02:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-help/208254/1 "2006-11-27T01:02:55Z")

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i tried the hitTest thing on a movie clip and on the frame,the one one movie clip work but not on the frame,here are my codes:

for movie clip:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){  
if(\_root.box.hitTest(\_root.circle)){  
trace(“hitting”);  
}  
}

for the Frame:

function hittest(){  
if(\_root.box.hitTest(\_root.circle)){  
trace(“hitting”);  
}  
}  
hittest();

any idea?