Tom:

Thank you again. Is there a list of all the built-in functions somewhere(as

well

as all the interfaces)? One more thing, I cannot pass a string[255] variable

to

a function or return a string[255] from a function. Is this a bug? Thanks again. Tom

First of all: please post general questions about GPC to the GPC list gpc@hut.fi, and not to me directly.

GPC is under development, and so is the documentation. Therefore, AFAIK, there is no *complete* list of the built-in functions. However, GPC is reasonably compatible with Borland Pascal, and the degree of compatibility is increasing day by day, as new versions are released. BTW, do you use the last beta release, dates Oct 1, 1997? If not, get it from the GPC homepage.

Regarding your second question, I think you need to define a string type, like

type str255 = string [255];

function Foo : str255; begin Foo = 'Foo'; end;

This should work. Note that 'string' has a different meaning in GPC than in Borland Pascal. To avoid unexpected effects, use strings of fixed size, such as my str255 -- or study the GPC documentation about "variable length strings".

Best wishes,

Jesper Lund