SetString

[AndyPhotosBell]

I'm using C++ Builder 2007

I'm trying to use the SetString function. The help file says it's there in namespace System, but the compiler disagrees and says it's unknown.

I've searched all BCB's include files but cannot find it...

Is there a way to use it?

Andy

[rlebeau]

I'm trying to use the SetString function. The help file says it's there in namespace System, but the compiler disagrees and says it's unknown.

The documentation is misleading. SetString() is an intrinsic function in the Delphi compiler, so it is not in any namespace at all.

I've searched all BCB's include files but cannot find it...

Because it does not exist in C++.

Is there a way to use it?

No. But then again, you don't need SetString() in C++ anyway. AnsiString (and WideString, and UnicodeString in CB2009+) has a constructor that accepts the same parameters that SetString() does, eg:

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AnsiString s;
s = AnsiString(charData, dataLen);

Or simply:

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AnsiString s(charData, dataLen);

[AndyPhotosBell]

Thanks Remy