Am 30.07.2017 12:37 schrieb "Bo Berglund" <bo.bergl...@gmail.com>: > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 09:33:59 +0200, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal > <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > > >> The application was started back in Delphi7 times when "string" > >> actually meant AnsiString and was a 1-byte per element container. > > > >You could always use RawByteString or a string with a fixed codepage > >instead if plain AnsiString. > > I asked about this problem over at Embarcadero too, but was flamed for > even thinking about using any kind of string for storing binary data. > THeyn did suggest RawByteString too, though so I went over the > application changing all buffers to RawByteString and it did work. > I also tried to set a fixed codepage for the application, but it is > hard to check if it actually does help.
Not a fixed codepage for the application, but a string with fixed codepage, e.g. "String(CP_1242)" or so... > The root problem is what happens with string conversions on different > locales and some functions could not be easily modified to use > RawByteString. > So I decided to bite the bullet and convert the whole unit to TBytes > instead. Some 7000 code lines to go over... > > It has taken a good many hours now and I still have some intricate > problems to solve. It still won't compile without errors. > > > > >Just declare a type alias so that you can keep it compatible with older > >Delphi versions as well. > > > > Do you mean: > type > TMyString = RawByteString; Yes. Regards, Sven
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