Increasing a variable on release

[Junior84]

brilliant, i thought it was that.. i just put it under a line instead of on top of one.

another question if i may,

i am running an external class too,

my first frame.

var picnumbers = 1;
butGo.onRelease = function()

{
simpleSearch.doSearch(tag.text);
}

this is my button atm and it increases pic numbers

on (release) {
simpleSearch.doSearch(tag.text);

picnumbers = picnumbers * 4;
myTextbox.text = picnumbers;

}

this is the first line of my external class that i am using..

public static var NUM_RESULTS:Number = 1;

how do i get that number 1 to become picnumbers?