Wilfried Mestdagh wrote: > Hello Fred, > >> Because AFAIK, the length of a string is only 256 ... > > So if not correct typecasted to a string it is truncated to 256 chars ?
No. PChars have been assignable to strings since at least Delphi 2, perhaps Delphi 1, without the need for type-casts. (Prior to that, a type-cast would not have been appropriate anyway. That's what the StrPas function was for.) Strings have had practically unlimited length since Delphi 2 as well. Their lengths are limited only be your process's memory. ShortStrings are limited to 255 characters. You can make "string" refer to ShortString instead of AnsiString with the $H- compiler directive, but I don't recommend that. As of Delphi 5, operations on ShortStrings are performed on temporary AnsiStrings anyway. -- Rob __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
