If I were you, I would give it a go at converting the applications to Unicode. Only places which connect with the LCL, such as putting text in a TMemo need change, and even those don't need change if you only use ASCII characters. All non-textual and non-LCL code remains unaffected.
-- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus