It depends, if it is an ansi- or shortstring.

You can't assign directly to a formal var parameter, use a move instead:

var
    s : string;
...
temp:=GetEnumName(PropType,J);
move(temp,value,<length>);

Can I do this?

String(Value) := GetEnumName(PropType,J);

??

I thought of that after sending the message. It compiles but I haven't tested it.

Shane

>> 11/20/00 11:53AM >>>

You can't assign directly to a formal var parameter, use a move instead:

var
    s : string;
...
temp:=GetEnumName(PropType,J);
move(temp,value,<length>);

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Can someone pull the latest from CVS and tell me why my GetPropValue throws an error when compiling on line 244.

I pass the procedure an untyped value
Function GetPropValue(index : Intger; var Value) : Boolean;

In the procedure I call

if something then
Value := GetEnumName(PropType,J)  //returns a string
else
Value := J;  //returns an integer

which returns a string. This throws an error because it's expection type FORMAL????? I know there's something I have to do to get this to work with untyped parameters but I don't know it off hand.

Thanks
Shane