On 17 Mar 2011, at 19:24, Jürgen Hestermann wrote: > Jonas Maebe schrieb: >> On 17 Mar 2011, at 19:07, Jürgen Hestermann wrote: >> >>> If I assign "Filemode := fmInOut" I get a constant range check error (at >>> compilation time) which is clear because all constants are larger than byte. >>> Is this a bug? >>> >> No. See http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#filemode for more info. >> > > I didn't find "fminout" and the other constants mentioned at this link.
It describes the values you can assign to filemode and their effect. > Are they not for assigning to filemode? No. They're mainly for internal use in the system unit. I guess the only reason they are public is that they can also be useful when you implement your own text file driver (which you're unlikely to want to do). Jonas_______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
