# onEnterFrame not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-not-working/246743>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-not-working/246743 "2007-12-14T01:28:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![giloosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@giloosh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/giloosh)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onenterframe-not-working/246743/1 "2007-12-14T01:28:35Z")

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var mcHolder:MovieClip = \_root.mcHolder;

mcHolder.onEnterFrame = function() {  
trace"hello");  
};

this only prints out “hello” one time.  
Why does it not repeat every frame?