Memo Box equals Null

[gforrest]

Hi,

Quick question. I'm want to know if a memo box is empty (i.e. equals a null value) I tried using:

if EdtLgMb.Lines = '' then

but I get a error telling me that Strings and TStrings are incompatible.

How do I get around this?

Thanks.

 

[footpad]

Try:

edtLgMb.Lines.Count = 0

For more information, carefully review the description of the Lines property in the Help file. It should contain a link to the class in question.

Remember: Lines is tStrings descendent, which means that it's really an array of string pointers. As such, to access the specific lines in a memo, the index is zero based, e.g. Line 1 is Lines[ 0 ].

Also, keep in mind that this only tells you if there aren't any lines; if the memo contains a blank line, you'll get a 1 from from this.

Hope this helps...

-- Lance

 

[NeilP]

All memos have a text property. Use it.

if Trim(Memo1.Text)='' then ShowMessage('Memo is Empty');