[Lazarus] LongString does not work?

[Sven Barth]

On 03.03.2013 09:35, Xiangrong Fang wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This does not work:
>
>    TConfiguration = record
>      DataFolder: string[MaxPathLen];
>    end
>
> Error: string length must be a value from 1 to 255
>
> I already have this on the top of my uinit file: {$mode
> objfpc}{$H+}{$LONGSTRINGS ON}
>
> Working with Lazarus 1.0.6/FPC2.6.0 on Linux 3.5/x86_64
>
> Any hint please? Thanks!

The "String[...]" declaration always declares a ShortString and those 
can have only 1 to 255 characters. An AnsiString does not need the 
"[...]", because it has always variable length.

Side note: {$H+} and {$LONGSTRINGS ON} is redundant, both mean the same 
(though {$H+} is more commonly used).

Regards,
Sven