[RESOLVED] dead or alive state help needed

[flyhigh]

hey im having a little trouble ,i have five blue tanks on the form and ive tried
to setup a dead or alive .state .im missing something because i keep getting errors .methed or data member not found on .state part .its probly simple
but i cant see it
thanks

Option Explicit


Private Enum bouncedir
upLeft = 1
upright = 2
downLeft = 3
downright = 4
up = 5
down = 6
Left = 7
Right = 8

End Enum

Private Const ALIVE        As Integer = 10
Private Const DEAD         As Integer = 20
Private Const max_tanks    As Integer = 5

Private Const MAX_DISTANCE = 200
Dim Running As Boolean
Public state               As Integer
Private xdir(0) As bouncedir  '~~~~ using an array
Private ydir(0) As bouncedir  '~~~~ using an array

Sub Inittanks()
    ' init variables for start-up
    Dim i As Integer
        
   
    
    For i = 0 To max_tanks
    
      
      With blue(i)
        
        .state = ALIVE
      End With
    Next i
    
End Sub