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[w click]

I'm writing a program on two different computers, Windows XP and Windows 7, with the code sitting on a datastick.  I need to put "^&" as part of a string in a showmessage.  On the Windows 7, it's fine, but on the XP machine it underlines the next character.  I can get around it by putting two &s, but that create two &s on the... like this.


String   XP   Windows 7
A^&B    A^B   A^&B
A^&&B   A^&B  A^&&B


I'm trying to get "A^&B" - I've tried all sorts of tweaks, but can't a solution.  Any ideas?

[BigChimp]

If you're using the same version of Lazarus, it's a bug. I'd first check if you both have the same version.

& is meant to underline the next line in captions etc. && is indeed the way to escape this.

I'd suggest searching the bugtracker to see if the error is already reported. If not, create a simple test program, and upload it with a bug report to the bug tracker (making sure to mention the details of the machine it works on and the one it doesn't).

[felipemdc]

As a temporary work around you can get the Windows version and do something different for major version <= 5 (Windows XP) then for newer ones.

[w click]

Lazarus versions: good thought.  I'm on 0.9.20 (2011-03-08) here, so I'll see what the other machine has to say for itself.

I did create a workaround using a memo pretending to be a showmessage (and then went mad a stuck it in a pagecontrol, so it's all much more exciting that a simple showmessage now).

[Shebuka]

Lazarus versions: good thought.  I'm on 0.9.20 (2011-03-08) here, so I'll see what the other machine has to say for itself.

I did create a workaround using a memo pretending to be a showmessage (and then went mad a stuck it in a pagecontrol, so it's all much more exciting that a simple showmessage now).

try update your lazarus, current is 0.9.31 and there are a lot of changes in between.

[w click]

That's good advice, thanks.

And maybe it'll fix the slidebar issue ;-)