Scrive Arno Garrels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Maurizio Lotauro wrote:
> > Scrive Arno Garrels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > 

[...]

> > But first I would like discuss about the wide string published
> > properties. 
> > How are they handled by D7 - D2007?
> [..]
> > But how is it stored in the dfm?
> 
> This is no longer a problem, since D7 a WideString is stored as Unicode
> in both text DFM and binary DFM. Only in the IDE "View DFM as text"  
> a WideString may not be displayed correctly.

Very interesting.

[...]

> > Speaking about enhancements, IIRC since a few time the URL has no
> > more (or less) limits in the characters that could be used.
> 
> I do not understand this sentence?

IIRC some months ago I red that the URL can have, for example, chinese 
characters. I don't remember if it was only a proposal.

[...]

> > What happen if I load a form created with the "ansi" version of the
> > component? 
> 
> IMO no problemo, what bad shall happen?

After your explanation of how wide strings are stored in the dfm, probably 
nothing :-)

> > This is true, but only for the server.
> 
> No, the client will have to call the wide-versions of filesytem API functions

Ah yes, you are right.

> > Add the UTF-8 support only with D2009 and see how many developers
> > will ask for the same feature in previous versions :-)
> 
> Most work is already done (helper functions and TFtpClient), so why not add
> it? 

At tis point what isn't clear to me is if these changes will break existing 
code or not.


Bye, Maurizio.

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