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Resourcestring
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David,
in message <NEBBIDNPNKPOECPOIEGEIEDFCBAA.David.B@Sigma.se>, you wrote:
> Does any one have any inside info on resourcestrings? I found out the hard
> way that there is a 1024 byte limit on resource strings. Is this a Delphi 5
> limitation or is this a windows limitation?
> And finally, is there a way around this?
>
That is a WinLimit(tm). You can get around it by using RCDATA.
simply add a file called whatever.rc to your project. Your file will contain
(something like) the following script:
THESTUF RCDATA thefile.txt
the line above is all that is required. "thefile.txt" will contain your
extremely long string.
You would retrieve it with the following function:
function GetRCDataAsString(const AName: string): string;
var
resStream: TResourceStream;
begin
Result := '';
resStream := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, UpperCase(AName), RT_RCDATA);
try
if resStream.Size > 0 then begin
SetLength(Result, resStream.Size);
resStream.ReadBuffer(Result[1], Length(Result));
end;
finally
resStream.Free;
end;
end;
simply call it like:
myString := GetRCDataAsString('THESTUF');
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