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Jul 25, 2010
09:50 AM
Autosized Strings by ref in InstallScript
Hi all,
In the documentation I saw this statement:
An autosized string variable that is passed by reference to a function is not autosized within the called function. If the function attempts to assign a value whose length is greater than the current size of that parameter, run-time error 401 occurs
Yet, when I tried this situation everything worked ok even if an autosized string was passed by reference and was resized inside the function.
So, should I adapt my code to the above statement or not?
Thanks,
Assaf.
In the documentation I saw this statement:
An autosized string variable that is passed by reference to a function is not autosized within the called function. If the function attempts to assign a value whose length is greater than the current size of that parameter, run-time error 401 occurs
Yet, when I tried this situation everything worked ok even if an autosized string was passed by reference and was resized inside the function.
prototype xxx(byref string, byref string);
a = "a";
b = "b";
xxx(a,b); // Will assign larger string constants into the arguments
So, should I adapt my code to the above statement or not?
Thanks,
Assaf.
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Jul 26, 2010
03:16 AM
Interesting fact, this sentence is also contained in the IS2009 documentation but I can't producude the mentioned error either. This limitation would be really bad.
Would be great when a IS developer could say a word about this.
Greetings
Jo
Would be great when a IS developer could say a word about this.
Greetings
Jo
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