Sammy
Can't you just use a pascal record structure
with a case statement and a string 'overlaying' the indvidual parts or a mem
move
HTH
Neven
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From: "Sammy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: [DUG]: Using a string with a record definition ?
> I have for example a database field which is a 50 character string. When
> this field is used in COBOL programs it is read into a redefined
structure.
> If I do
>
>
> type
> TRecordDef = record
> egName : string[8];
> egDescription : string[20]
> egFlag1 : string[1];
> egFlag2 : string[1];
> egFlag3 : string[1];
> egStatus: string[1];
> egFiller : string [18];
> end;
>
>
> is there any way to get the data into the structure ?? ie moving the whole
> string to the record definition in one hit (rather than piece by piece ?)
or
> is there anything better than a record to do the sort of thing I want ?
>
> TIA
>
> Sammy !!
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