> First of all, Lazarus and GUI/non-GUI difference has nothing to do > here. Lazarus allows you to compile non-GUI programs without any > problems, if you want. Of course, the same compiler and the same > RTL is used to compile GUI (i.e. LCL) and console programs.
Ok ! > > As far as I understand, by "typed file" you mean that you use file > variable of type like "file of TSomeType". This is not any magic > format for a file, it just reads/writes a series of TSomeType > values from/to a file. Yes. > > Are you sure that exactly the same definition of TSomeType is used > when you compile GUI and console version of your program ? Maybe > some structures are aligned differently when you compile GUI and > console version of your program ? Are you sure that the unit where > TSomeType type is declared is always compiled in the same FPC $mode > ? Maybe you use "string" inside your TSomeType and sometimes it's > understood as "ShortString" and sometimes as "AnsiString" ? > This seems to be the problem. Is there any way to stop the compilation of the non-delphi part, to avoid string problem ? Is there anyway to force ShortStrings in the console app ?. > The one thing that you can check is to print SizeOf(TSomeType) from > your program, once from the GUI version and then from the console > version. They should be equal. If they are not, you know where your > bug is. You must ensure that your units are always compiled with > the same options, both for console and for GUI version. > > Otherwise, I think that we could help more if you would show some > code snippets how exactly do you read/write your file. > > Michalis I will write some simple code... Thanks !! Inpromptu. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 8 at http://www.opera.com _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
