RE: How to set high bits?

From: [at]} <support{>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:12:13 +0200

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Woitek,

The answer is:
        CONST genericRead* = 80000000H;

The suffix 'X' tries to create a character, not a number, and for a character,
the value is a bit large indeed, you'll have to admitt :-)

        Wolfgang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wojtek Skulski [mailto:skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:56 PM
> To: support{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Cc: BlackBox; Wojtek Skulski
> Subject: How to set high bits?
>
>
> Hi:
>
> I am developing a Windows API module and I am getting into the following
> problem. The declaration below (taken from Visual Basic) sets the highest
> bit of the 32-bit word. This works in VB. How can I translate this to
> Component Pascal?
>
> Public Const GENERIC_READ = &H80000000
>
> None of the following compiles under BlackBox
>
> CONST
> GENERIC_READ* = 080000000X; (* number too large*)
> GENERIC_READ* = SYSTEM.VAL(INTEGER,{31}); (*expression should be constant*)
> GENERIC_READ* = {31}(INTEGER); (* ";" missing *)
>
> How can I declare such a constant?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Wojtek Skulski skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy
>

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