Re: Did Borland doing well in Q4? Listen to the Earning CC

Jolyon Smith wrote:

So to ensure that your ANSI application continues to behave correctly
AS an ANSI application you will need to change all "String"
declarations to "ANSIString" (and Char to ANSIChar and PChar to
ANSIChar) etc.

Only THEN can you start thinking about how Unicode is best
implemented and supported in your application and begin the process
of migrating to Unicode.

Sounds dramatic. I doubt it will be, in reality. <shrug>
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