Breakout Brick / Block Help Needed!

Alright, I'm trying to make a Breakout game, I have the ball moving and such, but I'm not sure of how to check if the ball has touched the brick, and if so, bounce it again and make that brick invisible.

Get it? Got it? Good.

now, I have this....

VB Code:

Public Sub BlockSub(Ball As Shape, brick As Shape)
 
If Ball.Top - Ball.Height = brick.Top And Ball.Top = brick.Top - brick.Height Then
    YSpeed = -YSpeed
    Ball.Top = Ball.Top + YSpeed
    Paddle.Visible = False
End If
 
If Ball.Top = brick.Top + brick.Height Then
    YSpeed = -YSpeed
    Ball.Top = Ball.Top + YSpeed
    Paddle.Visible = False
End If
 
'If Ball.Top + Ball.Height < Paddle.Top And Ball.Left >= Paddle.Left Then
'    YSpeed = -YSpeed
'    Ball.Top = Ball.Top + YSpeed
'Paddle.Visible = False
'End If
 
If Ball.Left + Ball.Width = brick.Left Then
    XSpeed = -XSpeed
    Ball.Left = Ball.Left + XSpeed
    Paddle.Visible = False
End If
 
If Ball.Left = brick.Left + brick.Width Then
    XSpeed = -XSpeed
    Ball.Left = Ball.Left + XSpeed
    Paddle.Visible = False
End If
 
End Sub

Any suggestions?

Dont use the "=" operator in your comparisons. The ball's values will almost never be equal to the edges of you box.

Z.

Instead, you should use a =< for the top and left edges, and >= for the bottom and right edges.