[lazarus] Why is this not working? (PChar conversion)

[Shin The Gin]

Am Freitag, 26. September 2003 09:14 schrieb Tony:
> Given this:
>
>   FComments: String;
>   p : PChar;
>
> This line compiles fine:
>
>   p := PChar(ExtractFilename(FFileSource));
>
> But this line generates an illegal type conversion:
>
>   p := PChar(FComments);
>
> Any ideas?

Has FComments been initialized? Just having a declaration doesn't give you a 
true string, does it?

Shin - A.k.a. Thomas Braun