Having problems with an if statement and setting _visible [renamed]

programming flash
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[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]I cant figure out why this dosent work.
Im trying to get a movieclip to disapear if a variable loaded from a text file is yes.[/size][/font]
in the txt file
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]&fp1=no&

if (fp1 == “no”) {
setProperty(“fp”, _visible, false);
} else {
setProperty(“fp”, _visible, true);
}

The Movieclip instance is fp.
The Variable is fp1[/size][/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]Do i need a instance name???
I cant figure out what im missing.[/size][/font][font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]

Thanks[/size][/font]