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Marc Griffin <cannonfod@earthling.net> wrote:
> Simply put:

> Type
>   tString = Record
>     Case Boolean Of
>       True: (AsStr :String);
>       False: (AsByte :Byte; AsChar :Array[0..253] Of Char);
>   End;

> In your program, you can either reference "tString.AsStr" as a string type,
> or reference it as "AsByte" and "AsChar" to get the length (AsByte) and it's
> contents (AsChar).  This means you can use the PChar routines on
> tString.AsChar (as long as you remember to update AsByte with the string
> length). You can empty the string by "tString.AsStr := '';" or

You'll also need to make sure that you write a terminating #0 byte each time
you modify the string, if you want to use it with PChar routines.

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