Help with setting variables

[undergroundman]

I'm making a simple game and i wanna know how id make it so that when i click on a key (and make it dissapear by moving it's frame up by one, movie clip) and then click on the keyhole on a box it will change frames and appear to have opened

right now, if you click on the keyhole before getting the key it says "get the key first" but when i get the key it still keeps saying that

here in the code i have on the keyhole:

on (release) {
if (_root.lockedbox1 = 0) {
with (this) {
gotoAndStop(3);
}
} else {
with (this) {
play();
}
}
}

and this is what i have on the key:

on (release) {
lockedbox1 = 0;
with (key1) {
play();
}
}

can anyone help?

[undergroundman]

bump

sorry guys, but i really need help with this!

[Ask The Geezer]

Try changing this line:

if (_root.lockedbox1 = 0) {

To this:

if (_root.lockedbox1 == 0) {

[undergroundman]

I LOVE YOU

im such an idiot! im a c++ programmer and i forgot that if you did "if locked = 0" that im actually SETTING locked TO 0...ugh

thanks soooo much

[Wako]

Always do the same mistake, your not the only itiot