Hi everyone ..

I made an application with Databases ... in old wdl
now i am rewriting it in lite-c.

i am using some strings for Names , Adresses and more. On a serch button you can list some names and adresses and on a other button you can edit them.

lets say the String was defined with
STRING* temp_str="#40";

if i push the "add new name" button and clear the String , everything works fine , i can use 40 chars while inkey. but if i just want to edit the string and dont clear it , i just can use only the same string lenght as the string currently has.
Cursor is blinking at the end of the string (thats ok) but it dont adds more characters if i type.

in my old script i was still able to fill it with 40 chars and now i cant. The limit is not 40 anymore but the lenght of the current string.

There are some ways to avoid that problem with adding empty strings but is there not a easier way ?


I am using the newest A7 Pro.
the old code was in A7 as well but in wdl and with an older A7 version.


Thanks for help.

str_cpy changes the length of the string. to make it longer you can add spaces via str_cat.

Yes i mentioned this in my first post


I want to avoid that because i dont want to save so many empty string next to the main string.
If you save this to a file it also saves the empty strings.

Yes i know i can str_trunc the empty strings but maybe there is a simple way to have it all like in the older versions.

currently i made it like i mentioned it aboth but ... wyh should i use many commands for such a simple task ?

I think a string created by str_create maintains its length, but I can't be sure. Worth a try perhaps.

I THINK Joozey may be kindof right.
Try using just STRING* temp_str=""; to define the string, I think that makes it variable length.

Otherwise, try making it STRING* temp_str; and put a temp_str=str_create(""); early in main.

The length of a string can be maintained with STRING* temp_str="#20" already (20 empty spaces) STRING* temp_str="" creates an String with 0 chars lenght.
But with str_cat you can always add new strings to it no matter what its lenght is defined (not in older versions) . My Problem was if i want to edit a string that was read from a file into a String and if i use inkey on that strting , ther cursor is on the end of that string and normaly you can add more characters to it (depends on the lenght that was defined for it but this goes not in lite-c anymore. The String from file_str_read has only the lenght of that string and not more.

I solved that problem like i mentioned it in my first post , but i thought there is a easier way for it.

Thank you guys for helping anyway.