BL>   The way I got around this was to use null-terminated 
BL> strings and
BL> pointers, which is about three-times as fast as manipulating 
BL> Pascal
BL> strings. If you use a zero-based array (zstr: array[0..255] 
BL> of char;)
BL> this is compatible with a Pchar pointer and you can use the 
BL> Strings
BL> Unit in BP7 to do your manipulation - then convert the final 
BL> array
BL> quickly to a Pascal string with StrPas().

Thanks for the info. I have used arrays for strings when I wanted them to
be manipulated faster than pascal strings but have always converted them to
strings with "for i :=". Knowing there is a function already
there to do it for me is handy. Funny how you can miss something like that
for so long.

Doug.

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