[solved]only show dialogue box when objects collide

[petra]

All of my code is working fine, and everything appears as coded, however now I want to be able to call and dismiss my dialogue box when my interact object collides with the npc
I used the diest tutorial on dialogue boxes here:

http://diestware.tumblr.com/post/137357826705/advanced-dialogue-box-tutorial

the dialogue immediately starts playing upon the player entering the room
I've tried using a collide event, where event_inherited is in the execute code, but that just makes the dialogue repeat itself rather than only calling it when they collide.
I'm not 100% familiar with every single bit of gamemaker language, so forgive me if I'm slow to realize what I need to do. Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[Bingdom]

Using the collision event will trigger every step. You need to have a flag variable.

 

[petra]

Using the collision event will trigger every step. You need to have a flag variable.

you are a saint!!
it was so obvious....thank you so much for helping me! I got it to work now!