From: "Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Weird DosError values Date sent: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:13:23 -0500
Hi Lukas > I'm running Win 2000, and using sysutils, and dos - > could that be the problem? Yes, that is the problem. You have to make sure that either you're using that FindFirst from unit Dos (e.g. by calling it using "Dos.FindFirst", "Dos.FindNext" and "Dos.FindClose"), or change the way of checking for errors (SysUtils doesn't use DosError). > However, I downloaded the 1.9.2 w32 version of > FreePascal, and the program > compiled fine, and hasn't given me any errors since (no > odd DosError > values). I would guess that the reason why it works now is that you might have changed the order of units in your "uses" clause. You shouldn't rely on this, and make the selection explicit. > One question: In the future, should I just host my > code on geocities (or > something) and then include a link to it instead? It depends. The best solution is to shrink problematic code to the shortest needed amount (i.e. something which still compiles and shows the problem at the same time). In this case you can still place it inline in your message. If you cannot do that and the code is larger than something like 20-30 lines but below something like 2-3 kB, you can add it as an attachment to your message. If it's larger then placing it somewhere at WWW or FTP and just sending the link is probably the best solution. Tomas -- VOLNY klub: Modemisti vseho druhu, spojte se! http://klub.volny.cz _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
