Yes, thank you. The best thing I've learned is to be suspicious of examples...
I've got it now, thank you all for the assistance. I took AStringList.Add() to mean that it added the string to the list of strings - I was wrong.. I did note that the example said that it was flawed, but, foolishly, as it turned out, I thought it meant 'flawed' rather than 'doesn't work at all'. On 21 May 2014 18:33, waldo kitty <wkitt...@windstream.net> wrote: > On 5/21/2014 7:00 AM, Peter Brooks wrote: >> >> AStringList.LoadFromStream(Aprocess.Output); >> AStringList.LoadFromStream(AProcess.Stderr); >> AStringList.LoadFromStream(AProcess.Output); > > > [quote] > LoadFromStream loads the contents of Stream into the stringlist. Each line > in the stream (as marked by the end-of-line marker of the particular OS the > application runs on) becomes one string in the stringlist. This action > replaces the contents of the stringlist, it does not append the strings to > the current content. > [/quote] > > those LoadFromStream calls are overwriting the contents of your > stringlist... note the last sentence in the above quote from > http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tstrings.loadfromstream.html > > you need to figure out how to run through your streams and AStringList.Add() > the entries to your stringlist > > *OR* > > you need to have another set of stringlists for those process outputs and > then use AStringList.AddStrings() > > *OR* > > you need to AStringList.Assign() another string list, print/save it, > AStringList.Assign() the next string list, print/save it and so on... as > LoadFromStream, Assign replaces the current contents of AStringList with the > new contents... > > > FWIW: if you are using the "improved example" on > http://wiki.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs then you should note > that it does state that it is flawed and that you should use the code in the > next example "reading large output" which waits till the end and then loads > the stream into the stringlist and then you can manipulate it from there... > > -- > NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. > Please *keep mailing list traffic on the list* unless > private contact is specifically requested and granted. > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
