[Lazarus] non Unicodode application

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Michael Schnell wrote:

> On 02/12/2016 03:16 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Michael Schnell wrote:
>> 
>>> On 02/12/2016 02:38 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just use RawByteString as stringtype for all parameters and variables
>>>> in calls where  you don't want code page conversions to occur.
>>> 
>>> This would mean rewriting the complete application. This obviously is not 
>>> desired .
>> 
>> Tish...
>> 
>> {$define String:=RawByteString}
>> 
>> and you are done.
>> 
> I don't thinks this is true.
>
> Many built-in functions and RTL functions and classes (such as "pos" and 
> "TStrings") explicitly use "string" as parameter and property type. If they 
> are not re-compiled they will not work at all or not as expected .

Then you are, as they say, f*d...

Michael.