sasa

hello, i am new user of flash and action script.currently, i am using Flash MX 2004 and creating a checkbox.however,what should i do to trace whether the checkbox is checked or not...i tried to use getValue() but it seems to be malfunctional....does this function no longer exist in Flash MX 2004? is there any other way?please help, i have been trying to get the checkbox value for few days already but still fail to do that...