Re: still a newb Tstringlist

From: J French (erewhon_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 07:06:00 +0000 (UTC)

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 20:54:29 -0000, "Loonie" <none@none.net> wrote:

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>I have blindly taken the approach that i will look in the help files when
>necessary sometimes to be perplexed by lots of things i don't understand.

I took that approach at first, it is not the best way of tackling
Delphi
- primarily because Delphi is a pretty full language, with a huge
library bolted on.
- if one does not know what is available, then one is unlikely to
select the best tool.

For example, using a TStringList to zap a file is a pretty odd
approach.

Browsing the Help files is pretty painful, but, IMO it is essential
- as is running up very small test Apps to play with things before
using them in real code.

> Is there a way of trimming these down to a more understandable format i
>don't think i need rave reports or indy 9 (due to the fact i don't know what
>they are....honesty is the best policy)

There is, but I would not bother

The best way of getting assistance from the NGs is to trim the problem
down to a small bit of code that demonstrates what is puzzling you.
We can then try it out, and fix what is wrong.
- very often we'll ask 'why on earth are you doing that ?'
- and point you in a more appropriate direction
To a great extent, what we are really up to is learning from each
other ...
HTH

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