Convert string to PAnsiChar in Delphi 2009

Question

I\'m converting my applications to Delphi 2009 and faced an intriguing issue with some calls that need to convert a string (wide) to AnsiString.

Here\'s an example to de

Answer 1

I have no Delphi 2009 here, so I can't check it. But maybe you have to try:

s := PAnsiChar(AnsiString(Application.ExeName));

As gabr already pointed, this is not a very good practice, and you will only use it if you are 100% sure. The string only contains characters that have a direct mapping to the ANSI range.

That's why you should get a warning because you are converting Unicode to ANSI.