Python in Maya - Query checkbox value

Python in Maya - Query checkbox value

Im super new to python and i have this little spare time project going on.
And i cant find a solution to the following problem:
I set up a GUI like this:
flWin = mc.window(title="Foot Locker", wh=(210,85))
mc.columnLayout()
mc.text(label='Frame Range')
rangeField = mc.intFieldGrp(numberOfFields=2,value1=0, value2=0)
mc.rowColumnLayout(numberOfRows=2)
translateBox = mc.checkBox(label='Translation',value=True)
mc.button(label="Bake it!", w=60, command="Bake()")
rotateBox = mc.checkBox(label='Rotation',value=True)
mc.button(label='Key it!', w=60, command='Key()')
scaleBox = mc.checkBox(label='Scale')
mc.showWindow(flWin)
and then later, inside the function 'Bake' id like to query the checkboxes
to do different stuff, depending on what boxes are checked... like this:
translateValue = mc.checkBox(translateBox, query=True)
rotateValue = mc.checkBox(rotateBox, query=True)
scaleValue = mc.checkBox(scaleBox, query=True)
if scaleValue = True:
if rotateValue = True:
if translateValue = True:
mc.parentConstraint ('LockCator', Selection,
n='LockCatorConstraint')
mc.scaleConstraint('LockCator', Selection,
n='selectionScale')
else:
mc.parentConstraint ('LockCator', Selection,
n='LockCatorConstraint', skipTranslate=True)
mc.scaleConstraint('LockCator', Selection, n='selectionScale')
bla bla bla... you get the trick...
when i try to run the script, i get a error saying that there is invalid
syntax on the line if scaleValue = True:
i also tried using this:
mc.attributeQuery(translateBox,value=True)
but that gives me an error, saying that 'value' is an invalid flag... i
dont know what that means.
Some help here would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks guys!