TStrings is fine if you want to read and write a whole file at once. If you
just want to write one line to the end of the file then it's not required.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Steve Peacocke
> Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2001 17:27
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Referencing variable TextFile names
>
>
> Mark, In recent years I have forsaken the old and trusty TextFile variable
> to using TStrings. With TStrings, not only can I write to and read from
> text files in a single call, but the contents are then already placed into
> a ready made object for me to manipulate.
>
> eg:
>
> Var
> Stuff: TStrings;
> i: integer;
> begin
> Stuff := TStringList.Create;
> try
> Stuff.LoadFromFile(FileName);
> for i := 0 to stuff.Count - 1 do
> ShowMessage(Stuff[i]); // do things with the line
> finally
> stuff.free;
> end;
> end;
>
> Must easier and able to do lots of excellent things with it - for example,
> by using the Values and Names properties, I can read and manipulate ini
> files much easier than the inbuilt TIniFile object.
>
> Steve
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