Throw the knife dangit!!!

Question

I am creating and far into a game in flash 8. it is a
sidescrolling game but I am having trouble with the character throw
a knife when you hit the space bar. when the game is loaded and no
buttons are touched it works great (it flys throw the air and kills
the enemy hit area i have set up) but when the left or right arrow
keys are hit (to make it apeear that he is walking around) and you
hit the space bar afterward(to make the dagger fly through the air
and kill the enemy) the frames to play that make the dagger look
like its been thrown and is flying through the air but when it
comes in contact with the enemy it does not play the frame that
makes it die. I need some insight!

Answer 1

Thanks Ton. A little more about my process. Once I've created an object I select it and Expand Appearance. Then I use Live Paint > Make and then color the object. Once the object is colored I select it again and select Live Paint > Expand. After that I will use the knife tool to slice it up for further coloring. Normally the knife tool does not draw a black line but lately it has. I haven't been able to figure it out.
Usually I can ink a complete drawing in illustrator using the brush tool, then Expand Appearance, Make, Bucket fill the entire thing, then Live Paint > Expand and use the knife tool for shading as needed. It's a quick way for me to ink, color, and detail a drawing in illustrator. But like I said, the last few times I've tried the knife tool is drawing a line, which it hadn't been before. I don't understand what I've done different.