regread problem

[Hawkwing]

From what I can see, this code should constantly display the tooltip 1 beneath the cursor. It works when the background is set to Bliss, but when I change it to anything else, the code doesn't do anything.

While 1
    If Not RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") = "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp" Then ;I assume that this is the part that doesn't work for some reason
        ToolTip ("1")
    EndIf
    If RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") = "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp" Then
        ToolTip ("1")
    EndIf
WEnd

[Yashied]

if not 1 = 1 then - This is wrong.

if not (1 = 1) then

[AdmiralAlkex]

It should be like this:

While 1
    If RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") <> "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp" Then;I assume that this is the part that doesn't work for some reason
        ToolTip ("1")
    EndIf
    If RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") = "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp" Then
        ToolTip ("2")
    EndIf
WEnd

[Hawkwing]

I see. So instead of using "If Not" I just have to replace the = with <>. Thanks.

[TerarinK]

You can also keep in the same way just enclose it by ()

While 1
    If Not (RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") = "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp") Then ;I assume that this is the part that doesn't work for some reason
        ToolTip ("1")
    EndIf
    If RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") = "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp" Then
        ToolTip ("1")
    EndIf
WEnd

[TerarinK]

Why not just use this?

While 1
    If RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") = "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp" Then
        ToolTip(1)
    Else
        ToolTip(0)
    EndIf
WEnd

The thing was the way you said it was Not RegRead ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop", "Wallpaper") which will equal 1 if true else false then you are doing the = and with 1|0 doesn't equal a "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\Bliss.bmp". I just changed the way it was being said with NOT and enclosed in braces the comparision of two strings if they equal 1 then the finished product will be 0, if is 0 then 1 will be shown.

[TerarinK]

Also look at the order of operation under the help.

From highest precedence to lowest:

NOT

^

* /

+ -

&

< > <= >= = <> ==

AND OR

The only thing that counter it would be that of ()

You can use brackets to force a part of the expression to be evaluated first.

e.g. (2 + 4) * 10 equals 60.

[Hawkwing]

I was editing a script that changed the background. I was trying to make a loop that would change the background between $x different .bmp files. I used the If Not and didn't know that I had to put brackets around the RegRead. This script was just a simple test to locate exactly where the problem was happening.