Animation Function Problem

Unity Engine
1

So i’m trying to trigger a damage event when I get to certain part of a animation to give the illusion there is some sort of skill involved when swinging a weapon but its not recognizing the function at all when trying to apply it to the animation.

Here is the script.

var TheDamage : int = 50;
var Distance : float;
var MaxDistance : float = 1.5;
var cutter02 : Transform;

function Update ()
{
    if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire1"))
    {
        cutter02.GetComponent.<Animation>().Play("Attack");
    }
}
    if (cutter02.GetComponent.<Animation>().isPlaying == false)
    {
        cutter02.GetComponent.<Animation>().CrossFade("Idle");
    }


function Damage ()
{
        var hit : RaycastHit;
        if (Physics.Raycast (transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
        {
            Distance = hit.distance;
            if (Distance < MaxDistance)
            {
                hit.transform.SendMessage("Damage", TheDamage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
            }
        }
}
2

So it seems I had it working and now it’s not recognizing it again. I have no idea what I am doing wrong.