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    converting a string to an array of WideChar

    http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=StringToWideChar http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=WideCharToString
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    how do I get round the string copy-on-write technique?

    var a:string; b:pansistring; begin a:='hello'; b:=@a; a:='world'; ShowMessage(b^); end.
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    > I am sorry but this Quote window is ugly looking thingy I agree.
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    How about those Regina Lewis segments on CNN - her job title is described as "AOL Online Advisor" http://onlineadviser.tv/read.html
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    GNU/Linux" not unix linux ?
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    > From context, "an ATM" refers to the automated teller machine Is it possible that the ATM could communicate via the ATM ?
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    The point is, if I say "ATM" you don't know what I'm talking about, but if I say "ATM Machine" you do know what I'm talking about. Which of these two sentences is more clear: Is it possible that an ATM (machine) could communicate via ATM (mode) ? Is it possible that an ATM could communicate...
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    In following this thread, I have seen the terms "ATM machine" and "ATM mode" Which makes me wonder if there might be times when the redundancy actually helps resolve some ambiguity ? If I just say "ATM" right now, do you know what I'm talking about?
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    > NPR, TT, and coffee. That's life. It's a vicious cycle - the more coffee I drink, the more I need to TT
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    > Good lord, been using NT for years and > _never thought_ > to ask what it stood for! "Never Thought" ? Hey, I like that one!
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    Then they should be named accordingly! "C:\My Documents Files" "C:\Windows Files\System Files"
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    How many times we abbreviate and then expand a little of that ?

    C:\Program Files" If this directory explicitly contains "files", then what do the other directories contain?
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    Valgrind & ccmalloc reporting garbage with simple hello world program

    hmmm... This is what I get from valgrind: ==28881== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0) ==28881== malloc/free: in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==28881== malloc/free: 0 allocs, 0 frees, 0 bytes allocated. ==28881== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v...
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    Run up Internet Explorer with a URL

    You can also do this with ActiveX/COM, which will give you control over a lot more of IE's features/settings... http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/delphi/howto_openiespecificetc.htm
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    Displaing formatted HTML

    I don't remember the exact syntax, but I think you can do something like: WebBrowser1.Document.InnerHTML:=YourString;

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