From: markus.humm1@freenet.de   
      
   John Smith schrieb:   
   > you apparently don't understand the difference between pascal and null   
   > terminated strings--NO one would use a pascal string--it is pascal specific   
   > and can't be ported or code built into a .dll which can be called from other   
   > languages...   
   >   
   > forget it, you all have worn me out--the answer still is, "IT DOESN"T   
   > WORK--AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME I DON"T KNOW WHY YOU CANNOT SEE THAT   
   > YOURSELVES!!!"   
   >   
   > are you all high, are you all children, what the hell has happened to   
   > newsgroups?   
   >   
      
   Hey, get down! Your brain seems to have run hot!   
   Now back to real buissnes:   
      
   you _dind't tell us that_ you don't wanted to use pascal strings but   
   pchars instead, so don't blame us not to understand it. If you had told   
   us that earlier you would have got better answers. Now it was you who   
   "didn't understand" or behaved "childish".   
      
   1. BP 7 and TP 7 can handle pchars to some degree   
   2. pchars are a silly invention, because you can't store #0 in them   
      properly, for pascal strings that would work. The widespread use of   
      them in Windows is always nerving...   
      
   But I'm sorry I don't know whether val works with pchars in TP/BP 7   
   because I don't use pchars when programming under DOS.   
      
   Greetings   
      
   Markus   
      
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