int ConfirmGone(
     string sItem, // the item's tag
     object oDoor)

     {
     int ObjectCount = 0;
     object oArea= GetArea(OBJECT_SELF);

     object oItem = GetFirstObjectInArea(oArea);
     while( GetIsObjectValid(oItem) == TRUE )
            {

         if( GetTag(oItem) == sItem )
                {
               ObjectCount = ObjectCount + GetNumStackedItems(oItem);
               DestroyObject(oItem);
                }
          oItem = GetNextObjectInArea(oArea);
            }
     if( ObjectCount = 0 )
     {
    object oD2open = GetObjectByTag("oDoor");
    ActionOpenDoor(oD2open);
    SetLocked(oD2open,FALSE);
    ActionDoCommand(PlaySound("as_hr_xwdrnoise5"));
     }
     return ObjectCount;
     }