RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Re: Why Delphi is Better Than VB

[Dennis Chuah]

> >The IDE has a window in which you can type a line of code that it will
> >execute.  You can also do this (to a certain degree) in Delphi, but it is
> >not documented and the interface is not as good.
>
>
> How can you do this in Delphi?  Or do you mean the Evaluate window?

In the watches window.  Eg.

var
  tsl: TStringList

add a watch i the window ...

tsl.SaveToFile ('c:\temp\somename.txt')

will cause the contents of the string list to be saved on to the specified
file.  Beware, this executes everytime you step through the code (or on a
break point).

Dennis.


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