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Handoko
Hero Member
Posts: 5159
My goal: build my own game engine using Lazarus
[SOLVED] TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
«
on:
July 14, 2020, 08:11:45 pm »
Did I do it wrong?
Why the first attempt to convert TMemoryStream's data to string is okay but on the second attempt I got an
EReadError
exception '
Stream read error
' message.
Code: Pascal
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unit
Unit1
;
{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
interface
uses
Classes
,
SysUtils
,
Forms
,
Controls
,
Dialogs
,
StdCtrls
;
type
{ TForm1 }
TForm1
=
class
(
TForm
)
Button1
:
TButton
;
procedure
Button1Click
(
Sender
:
TObject
)
;
end
;
var
Form1
:
TForm1
;
implementation
{$R *.lfm}
{ TForm1 }
procedure
TForm1
.
Button1Click
(
Sender
:
TObject
)
;
const
Data
=
'Testing'
;
var
aMemoryStream
:
TMemoryStream
;
aString
:
string
;
i
:
Integer
;
begin
aMemoryStream
:
=
TMemoryStream
.
Create
;
for
i
:
=
1
to
Data
.
Length
do
aMemoryStream
.
WriteByte
(
Ord
(
Data
[
i
]
)
)
;
// First read attempt - OK
aString
:
=
''
;
aMemoryStream
.
Position
:
=
0
;
for
i
:
=
1
to
aMemoryStream
.
Size
do
aString
:
=
aString
+
Chr
(
aMemoryStream
.
ReadByte
)
;
ShowMessage
(
aString
)
;
// Second read attempt - FAILED
aMemoryStream
.
Position
:
=
0
;
aString
:
=
aMemoryStream
.
ReadAnsiString
;
ShowMessage
(
aString
)
;
aMemoryStream
.
Free
end
;
end
.
Tested on Lazarus 2.0.10 Linux 64-bit.
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Last Edit: July 14, 2020, 08:33:03 pm by Handoko
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cai
New Member
Posts: 41
Re: TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
«
Reply #1 on:
July 14, 2020, 08:22:47 pm »
I think to call ReadAnsiString, you need to call WriteAnsiString First.
if you look in ReadAnsiString source code, you will see it need to read size first, there is no correct size in you stream cause you just WriteByte
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howardpc
Hero Member
Posts: 4144
Re: TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
«
Reply #2 on:
July 14, 2020, 08:26:31 pm »
Try this:
Code: Pascal
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procedure
TForm1
.
Button1Click
(
Sender
:
TObject
)
;
const
Data
=
'Testing'
;
var
aMemoryStream
:
TMemoryStream
;
aString
:
string
;
i
:
Integer
;
begin
aMemoryStream
:
=
TMemoryStream
.
Create
;
for
i
:
=
1
to
Data
.
Length
do
aMemoryStream
.
WriteByte
(
Ord
(
Data
[
i
]
)
)
;
aString
:
=
''
;
aMemoryStream
.
Position
:
=
0
;
for
i
:
=
1
to
aMemoryStream
.
Size
do
aString
:
=
aString
+
Chr
(
aMemoryStream
.
ReadByte
)
;
ShowMessage
(
aString
)
;
aMemoryStream
.
Clear
;
aMemoryStream
.
WriteAnsiString
(
Data
)
;
aMemoryStream
.
Position
:
=
0
;
aString
:
=
aMemoryStream
.
ReadAnsiString
;
ShowMessage
(
aString
)
;
aMemoryStream
.
Free
end
;
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Handoko
Hero Member
Posts: 5159
My goal: build my own game engine using Lazarus
Re: TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
«
Reply #3 on:
July 14, 2020, 08:32:42 pm »
cai, you're right. And thanks howardpc. Now, I have better understanding about streams.
I was writing code to read data from the web and I need to do some processings before showing it on the screen. I know how to do it now.
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TRon
Hero Member
Posts: 2540
Re: [SOLVED] TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
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Reply #4 on:
July 14, 2020, 08:49:01 pm »
@Handoko:
Alternatively, and probably depending on your needs/requirements, you could perhaps also make use of TStringStream
https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/classes/tstringstream.html
It is a descendant of TMemoryStream so you would also still be able to manipulate the memory.
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Handoko
Hero Member
Posts: 5159
My goal: build my own game engine using Lazarus
Re: [SOLVED] TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
«
Reply #5 on:
July 15, 2020, 04:51:54 am »
Yes, you're right. TStringStream has DataString property, which make it easier to use.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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PascalDragon
Hero Member
Posts: 5486
Compiler Developer
Re: TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
«
Reply #6 on:
July 15, 2020, 09:47:50 am »
Quote from: cai on July 14, 2020, 08:22:47 pm
I think to call ReadAnsiString, you need to call WriteAnsiString First.
Correct.
ReadAnsiString
expects a specific format inside the stream, namely the length followed by the string data and that is created by
WriteAnsiString
. To read plain string data you need to use the other
Read
methods and manually preallocate enough space.
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rvk
Hero Member
Posts: 6171
Re: [SOLVED] TMemoryStream.ReadAnsiString Error
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Reply #7 on:
July 15, 2020, 02:56:27 pm »
Yes, if you have a choice, TStringStream is easiest.
If you don't have a choice you can also access TMemoryStream.Memory directly.
Code: Pascal
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function
MemoryStreamToString
(
M
:
TMemoryStream
)
:
string
;
begin
SetString
(
Result
,
PChar
(
M
.
Memory
)
,
M
.
Size
div
SizeOf
(
Char
)
)
;
end
;
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