Re: [DUG]: Load different types from one procedure?

[Paul McKenzie]

You can use the case identifier inside records. That way you can access different ways of looking at it I can't recommend strongly enough though if you use case - store which case was used ... I always think it is good to use Packed records for this - especially it the record is going to be used by anything else...           Regards Paul McKenzie Analyst Programmer SMSS Ltd. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andreas Toth To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Load different types from one procedure? I don't like the sound of using the path as an indicator of how the data is to be interpreted. A better solution would be to pass in a third parameter which defines the way the data is to be interpreted, i.e., the record to use.   By the way, depending on how much control you have over the data, I would really try to do away with one of the records, since. after all, they describe the same same information, just in a different order. Is this really necessary?     -Andreas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Coley Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 10:29 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Load different types from one procedure? Is there a way I can load different record type objects using one procedure?   I have   TType1 = record             intone: integer;             strone: array[1..49] of char; end;   TType2 = record             strtwo: array[1..49] of char;             Inttwo: integer; end;   These types are stored as files on my system, but I want to have one procedure/function that can load either type by simply passing the path, can you do this.   I have something like   Procedure LoadTemplate(Path: String; var Data: array of char);   But this doesn’t work as the type and array are not compatible.   I think this could be a Monday morning thing, but I have had two coffee’s!!!!   Jason