Can someone here with D6 please confirm that ''
is still recognised as "the empty string"? In D5 (and earlier) it is - but perhaps this looks to D6 like an "escaped" quote and is a syntax error. < Guessing here ... > -ns ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: help with search string On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:19:31 +1200, you wrote: >I think I've spotted it! > >The syntax highlighting should have shown you what was going on.... >The problem is that you are not terminating the strings correctly (as if you >didn't already know that). > >inputbox( 'Name Search', // string is terminated correctly >'Enter the name you''re looking for', // that's not a double quote, it is 2 >single quotes > '' // and 2 single quotes again >); > thanx but again no it doesn't the same line is highlighted i even changed the you"re the your and it still doesn't work. ... Brendon Toogood E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/