Unless you specify "packed record", a record will align to the nearest multiple of 8 for speed purposes. You can specify the alignment in the Compiler Options under Project Options.
Regards, Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delphi _sloHOST_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:30 PM Subject: SizeOf() not working I don't understand something... When defining record rrr: type rrr=record a:word; b:string[20]; c:boolean; reserve:string[100]; end; var sss:rrr; ...and geting SizeOf(sss) I get: 126 When redefining record rrr to (adding variable d:real - it is 8-byte long, and subtracting length of string variable by 8): type rrr=record a:word; b:string[20]; c:boolean; d:real; reserve:string[92]; end; var sss:rrr; ...and geting SizeOf(sss) I get: 128 but I should get 126?!...or not?!?!? Thanx for all the answers... Aris. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
