how to read a var

[yucatan]

i wanne to let a script read in the register witch version is a program is a reg value it needs to read it and if it is b.v. 6 then... do something else do someting else why this dont work?

$var = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer", "version")

if $var = "6*.*" Then msgBox(4096, "ERREUR!", "versie 6") Else msgBox(4096, "ERREUR!", "anders")

[Zedna]

if StringLeft($var,1) = "6" Then 
  msgBox(4096, "ERREUR!", "versie 6") 
Else 
  msgBox(4096, "ERREUR!", "anders")
endif