Temp is nil, I can step through it and it does get to the "messagedlg..."
line, but nothing happens. No dialog window, nothing, it just steps right
past it and closes.

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----- Original Message -----
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To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 3:24 PM
Subject: Re:[DUG]: Aaaarrggghhh


> I take it that you are Returning "Nil" from
General_bits.ReadConfFile('ljch');
> if it fails to find/read the file
> And I also assume you are destroying ("Free") the TStringList Temp before
> setting it to "nil"...
>
> HTH
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject:  [DUG]:  Aaaarrggghhh
> Author:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date:          24/07/2000 15:06
>
>
>
>      I must be missing something really simple here.
>
>      This is designed to test the ReadConfFile proc I've written - it
should
>      bring up a message dialog with the error "file not found" in it, but
>      nothing
>      comes up and the form closes as it normally would.
>
>      procedure Tmenu.FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
>      var
>        Temp: TStringList;
>      begin
>        Temp := TStringList.Create;
>        Temp := General_bits.ReadConfFile('ljch');
>        if Temp = Nil then
>        begin
>          MessageDlg(General_bits.Last_Error, mtError, [mbok], 0);
>        end
>        else begin
>          Temp.SaveToFile('c:\windows\desktop\blah.txt');
>        end;
>      end;
>
>      --
>
>      Luke Pascoe
>      Programming
>
>      "Dr. Alex Comfort, author of 'The Joy of Sex' has died, after a
>      series of strokes." -- From the Times, 28th March 2000.
>
>      --
>
>
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