On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Rainer Stratmann wrote:
> Am Samstag, 2. Juni 2007 20:16 schrieb Florian Klaempfl: > > > How can I assign "normal" pascalstrings? > > > > shortstring > > > what does > > var s:string[12]; > > in delphimode mean? > ansistring or shortstring? > if ansistring, how can I get access to a "normal" pascal (short)string with > maximum length of 12? > > var s:shortstring[12]; > > does not work in delphi mode. Obviously, since the definition of shortstring is: ShortString = String[255]; So actually your above statement is equivalent to writing Var s:string[255][12]; which, you'll agree, is wrong :-) Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal