Re: Strange hint: Inline function 'DeleteFile' has not been expanded??

Ikke schrieb:
Danny Strümpel <dannys9@invalid> wrote in
If you don't include Windows, it simply uses the first way (which is
the standard way of calling this function in at least Turbo Explorer).

But as I already replied to Old Fan, I do not include Windows in the
uses list. As soon as I do, I get all sorts of other errors, but without
it, I still get the hint.

To get rid of this one hint, you need to include Windows - if you don't like to disable the warnings. This means, you need to resolve all other errors and warnings afterwards.

OR...

You implement your own DeleteFile(), indepenent of the Windows unit.

------- 8< -------

interface

function DeleteFile(FileName: PChar): LongBool; stdcall;

implementation

function DeleteFile; external 'kernel32.dll' name 'DeleteFileA';

------- 8< -------

You need to typecast string variables holding the file name to PChar when calling DeleteFile() (that's what SysUtils.DeleteFile() does).

So, you can ignore this message, your program will work.

I know I can just ignore the message, but I'd still like to get rid of
it.

At work, we have a sort of unwritten rule:
1. if you find an error in the source code, fix it before checking the
source in. 2. if you get a hint, treat it like an error :)

Basically a good idea, that's how I do it ;-) When I'm compiling, I don't want to see any messages...

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