IF statement problems

[spiritwolf]

If strTemp2 = varAnimals Then
        Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & strTemp3)
        Else
        Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\pics\not.jpg")
        End If

what I want the code to do is if strTemp2 = varAnimals then it displays the correct picture (strTemp3 is the pictures path that gets read from a txt file)
or if there is no picture listed in the file to display not.jpg. It displays the not pic but does not display the ones that have pics...

[seoptimizer2001]

Maybe there is white space in either of the variables so the if statemnet never is true??

[techgnome]

Make sure that both data types are strings.... varAnimals sounds like a variant, producing unreliable results.

[seoptimizer2001]

Originally posted by techgnome
Make sure that both data types are strings.... varAnimals sounds like a variant, producing unreliable results.

Yes... use CStr(varAnimals) to make sure.

[aldinator]

i think its the line

Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & strTemp3)

it should be

Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\" & strTemp3)

[spiritwolf]

changed code to this

If strTemp2 = CStr(varAnimals) Then
        Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & strTemp3)
        Else
        Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\pics\not.jpg")
        End If

the file it reads from is formated like

AARDWOLF =\pics\aardwolf.jpg

strTemp2 returns as AARDWOLF so does varAnimals (both look the same when I check them.)
strTemp 3 returns as \pics\aardwolf.jpg

Then not pic loads fine the listed pics do not


[EDIT]
After futher testing it is not going past the If Then line when I select an animal with a picture

[spiritwolf]

Ok so for some reason that wasn't working so what I did was set Image1.Picture to "\pics\not.jpg" then used

Select Case varAnimals
          Case strTemp2
         Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & strTemp3)
        End Select

And this works

[techgnome]

hrrmmm...... the only thing I can think of is:
"A" <> "a" ... so "AARDVARK" <> "Aardvark"

But..... the SELECT CASE isn't case sensitive....... ????

[spiritwolf]

Yes it is but everything was already set up for upper case.