how do you make a saved tstream cross-platform?
for instance write.ansistring writes the length as a binary word in native format...
which might not be the same native format on a different system.

i am working on a program and need to save files which will be read on all systems.
the data could be thought of as objects with data of which includes lists of children objects
which might have children as well to many generations down (up to at least 20 generations,
perhaps many more).

the program it is similar to pivot or stykz. (stick man animator).

--- thanks

Dale Welch wrote

how do you make a saved tstream cross-platform?

Use a twriter/treader to save/load data to/from the stream, then all endian issues will be taken care of automatically (and even converting between the x86' extended type and double on platforms that don't support it).

http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/twriter.html http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/treader.html

Jonas