TFieldDef.CharSize property

Declaration

property CharSize: Word read GetCharSize;

Description

CharSize is only relevant for for string fields: it indicates the number of bytes used to represent a single character. It is calculated from the CodePage property and can have the following values:

• 1 for single-byte string fields
• 2 for UnicodeString fields
• 4 for UTF8 strings

See also

• CodePage
• Size