-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Margerum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 September 1999 00:05
Subject: unsinged long in Delphi


>hello, I am using Delphi 3.0 in a project involving the transfer of data
>from a palm pilot to a middleware server.  A few of the structures we are
>sending back and forth have unsigned long int.  Delphi(3) has no true
>unsigend long type.  Does anyone know how I can convert an unsigned long
>into an equivalent delphi signed long.  I understand that there would be a
>limit to the largest number because of the extra sign bit.  thanks,


I had a similar problem with CA-Visual Objects - the solution was to pass a
Long by reference (i.e passing the address of the LONG rather than the LONG
itself).

HTH


Will Chapman
Computing for Business Ltd
EPOS software for DOS, Windows and PalmPilots
Logic Net - the inexpensive EPOS hardware solution

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