I think only 'D' will be copied to protected space. Single quotes, and all.
-Nullife "Bradly J. Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:63712@palm-dev-forum... > > > --- Todd Cary wrote: > > > var > > > Dst: PChar; > > > Src: PChar; > > > begin > > > StrCopy(Src, 'Demo string'); > > > // So far so good > > > // Now, how do I copy "string" to Dst? > > > // I need a substring > > > // This does not work: StrCopy(Dst, Src + 5); > > > end; > > > > In C, you could do this: > > > > Char Src[12]; > > Char Dst[7]; > > > > StrCopy(Src, "Demo string"); > > StrCopy(Dst, Src+5); > > Personally, I like to use: > > StrCopy(Dst, &Src[5]); > > But that's just a personal preference... > > Quite likely, Joe's assessment that you are not allocating space for the > strings before copying into them, so you are copying "Demo string" and > "string" into random (and probably protected) memory spaces. > > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
