Hi all,
To "send a string" using windows messaging, use Global Atoms, and send the reference to the Atom in the Windows Message.
Look at:
http://www.delphipages.com/threads/thread.cfm?ID=24029&G=24027
cheers
Gary
At 19:43 on 24/11/2005 you wrote
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>There are two basic ways to send a string, seeing as we are talking
>postmessage,
>here is the fugly one.
>
>p:phar;
>
>GetMem(p,length(data));
>move(data[1],p^,length(data));
>postmessage(bla bla , integer(p));
>
>remember to free mem on the other side.
>
>Better and nicer way
>
>TString = class(TObject)
> property data:string;
>end;
>
>Create and send a reference to this, and free it when you are finished.
>remember none of these options is safe outside of your own application.
>
>
>
>On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:43:51 +1300, Rohit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> I cant see how it can be safe. I was stumped as well when I wanted
>> to send a string in a message. I had to abandon my ideas.... :-( Let
>> me know if you have any joy.
>>
>> From: "Paul Lowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> Date sent: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:22:04 +1300
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>> Heres one for the gurus -
>>
>> Assume a long string variable is declared locally to a method and is
>> assigned a string and the string variable is then typecast as an integer
>> and
>> used in - say - a windows message by assigning it to the message lparam.
>>
>> The question is when the message is received by another form / thread is
>> it
>> valid to then typecast the lparam back to a string and use it ?
>>
>> I have tried many variations of this scenario and it seems to work OK
>> but am
>> uneasy about whether or not this is safe. I assume it isn't as the local
>> string variable (which points to the actual string) is on the stack and
>> is
>> not maintained after the method is exited but what I really am concerned
>> about is the reference count for the string - has it been increased by
>> typecasting it to an integer / pointer whatever ...
>>
>> I have used some of Marco Cantu's code to try and examine the strings
>> reference count and it always appears to be -1 if the string is a local
>> variable although it works correctly for field or global.
>>
>> All very confusing :-)
>>
>> I would like to know how the code knows when to inc / dec / dispose the
>> stirng / array reference count.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Paul Lowman
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