iniread(): When "default" is set to boolean False, it's True. Why?

[rudi]

Hi.

#cs

------------ sample.ini------------
[tenovis]
value1=something
value2=something
;Alternative Gatekeeper=10.20.40.30,10.20.40.31
---------- EOF sample.ini ---------
#ce



Dim $ini = "c:\temp\sample.ini"
$tmp=False

if $tmp Then
    MsgBox(0,"True",$tmp)
Else
    MsgBox(0,"False",$tmp)
EndIf


$Tmp = IniRead($ini, "Tenovis", "Alternative Gatekeeper", False)
ConsoleWrite($tmp & @CRLF)
if $tmp Then
    MsgBox(0,"True",$tmp)
Else
    MsgBox(0,"False",$tmp)
EndIf

What do I miss? Autoit 3.3.0.0

(When removing the comment, the result is as expected: the IPs are displayed, and the compare is true)

Regards, Rudi.

[SpookMeister]

Looks like IniRead returns a string of "False"...

#cs

------------ sample.ini------------
[tenovis]
value1=something
value2=something
;Alternative Gatekeeper=10.20.40.30,10.20.40.31
---------- EOF sample.ini ---------
#ce



Dim $ini = "c:\temp\sample.ini"
$tmp=False
If NOT IsString($tmp) Then MsgBox(0,"$tmp=False",$tmp & " is NOT a string")
$tmp = IniRead($ini, "Tenovis", "Alternative Gatekeeper", False)
If IsString($tmp) Then MsgBox(0,"$tmp=IniRead",$tmp & " is a string")

Edited February 18, 2009 by SpookMeister

[SpookMeister]

Return Value

Success: Returns the requested key value.

Failure: Returns the default string if requested key not found.

[rudi]

Looks like IniRead returns a string of "False"...

You are right. I checked this, but had a typo in my code

It's just WAD, as the help file states, that INIREAD() is returning the "default" value as a string.

Thanks, Rudi.