[Lazarus] LongString does not work?

[Xiangrong Fang]

Ok, My purpose is to write the record into stream, so I cannot use variable
length. Now I use an array [0..MaxPathLen] of Char.

2013/3/3 Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com>

> 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
>
>
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