[Lazarus] LongString does not work?

[Bart]

On 3/3/13, Xiangrong Fang <xrfang at gmail.com> wrote:


>   TConfiguration = packed record
>       DataFolder: array [0..MaxPathLen] of Char;
>   end;
>
> worked.  My save procedure is:
>
> function SaveParams(var Buffer; Count: Integer; FileName: string): Boolean;
> var
>   fs: TFileStream;
> begin
>   Result := False;
>   if not ForceDirectories(ExtractFilePath(FileName)) then Exit;
>   try
>     fs := TFileStream.Create(FileName, fmCreate);
>     try
>       fs.Write(Buffer, Count);
>       Result := True;
>     finally
>       fs.Free;
>     end;
>   except
>   end;
> end;
>
> It is called on the finalization section of config.pas:
>
> SaveParams(cfg, SizeOf(cfg), cfn);
> //cfg is TConfgiruation, cfn is the filename.
>

Are you only writing strings (and/or integers and/or booleans)  to the
configuration file?
If so, wouldn't it be just easier to use a TIniFile for that?

Bart