Problem in Duplicating Movieclips and using hitTest

programming flash
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Hello,
I’m trying to make a dodgeball-style of game using Flash Mx 2004, and I’m having difficulty in duplicating my ball movieclips and getting my hitTest to work with each ball.
Basically, I created a cursor movieclip called cursor_mc that is dragged by moving the mouse around. This part works fine, but the trouble occurs in trying to recognize when cursor_mc hits each ball_mc. I’m using a code to duplicate the ball_mc 4 times and they move in random directions and speeds. So far, I can only get the hitTest to work on the original ball_mc from which the other 4 ball_mc’s are duplicated.

I’ve tried the following codes:

in the actions frame:

 onEnterFrame = function () {
        if (ball_mc.hitTest(cursor_mc)) {
            trace ("ouch");
             }
 }

The previous code only allows the hitTest to work on the original ball_mc. Next, I tried the following two codes with no results:

on the ball_mc:

 onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
        if (this.hitTest(cursor_mc)) {
            trace ("ouch");
             }
 }

and on the the cursor_mc:

 onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
        if (this.hitTest(ball_mc)) {
            trace ("ouch");
             }
 }

Note: These codes weren’t used at the same time, but I was experimenting with each one individually.

Any suggestions?