char* TStrings::GetText() - keeps EAccessViolation-ing

[biot023]

Hallo.
I have a line of code that keeps throwing an error.
The line is:
char* dir=FTP->PWD(listServerDir->Items[listServerDir->ItemIndex].GetText());
(which I think should be followed by)
StrDispose(dir);

Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong here?
As I understand it, the char* from GetText() should still be valid, as the caller (according to the help files) has to de-allocate the string with StrDispose(char*).

So why my error?

All help gratefully appreciated.

Cheers,
Douglas JL

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