Using Pixelsearch with a Switch

[USMCGalloway]

I am trying to see if a box has a check mark in it or not. From that point I need to check a variable, to see if it needs to be check or not. For some reason PixelSearch does not seem to want to work with Switch Statements. 

$Var = ""
Switch $Var
Case $Var = "Primary"
   
   
   $coord = PixelSearch(404,248,404,248,0x000000)
   If @Error Then 
      Send("{Space}")
​          WinActivate("Untitled - Notepad") 
          Sleep(500)
          Send("1")
          EndIf
Case $Var = ""
   
   $coord = PixelSearch(404,248,404,248,0x000000)
   If NOT @error Then
      Send("{SPACE}")
          WinActivate("Untitled - Notepad")
          Sleep(500)
          Send("2")
   EndIf
   EndSwitch

The notepads are in there because I was curious to which case statement it was stepping into. In this case it is always going into the first one. 

This is checking $Var and doing the pixelsearch for the checkmark, if an error comes up, hit space to put a check mark in the box. The next case statement is the same, only if it is not an @error, it will remove the check mark.  

$coord = PixelSearch(404,248,404,249,0x000000)
If not @error Then
Switch $CmdLine[1]
   Case $CmdLine[1] = "Primary" 
   Case $CmdLine[1] = ""
      Send("{SPACE}")
      EndSwitch

EndIf
$coord = PixelSearch(404,248,404,249,0x000000)
If  @error Then
   switch $CmdLine[1]
   Case $CmdLine[1] = "" 
     ;do nothing
   Case $CmdLine[1] = "Primary"
        Send("{SPACE}")
      
   EndSwitch
endif

Here is another variation I tried, as well, which goes in my head like, If no error( meaning there is a black check mark) Then test to see if it needs to be there( Primary needs a check mark, "' does not") , then a space will toggle the check mark. The second one will be skipped if the box is black, or will step into it and do the same as the previous one . 

Edited August 14, 2013 by USMCGalloway

[Bert]

Ummm, have you tried to see if you can hook the control directly so you can read it's state? That would be MUCH easier and more stable.

[USMCGalloway]

Honestly , I haven't even seen anything about that. Do you think I would be able to use that with a program running in Cirtix? Looking over it I do not think so, but I could be wrong, also that code is easier   .