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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the link. For best compatibility should I make it:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Type<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DrawCMD = Packed Record<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> GC: Word;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PX,PY,PZ,GX,GY,GZ,GI,GJ,R,SA,EA:Double;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> End;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Type<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> {$PackRecords 2} <br> DrawCMD = Record<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> GC: Word;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PX,PY,PZ,GX,GY,GZ,GI,GJ,R,SA,EA:Double;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> End;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> {$PackRecords default}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or am I not understanding this correctly?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>James<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-bounces@lists.freepascal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vojtech Cihák<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 09, 2017 2:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> FPC-Pascal users discussions <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [fpc-pascal] Fixed record files<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>"packed record" is for compatibility. Its guaranteed that inner alignment and size of record will be always the same and will not change in future versions of compiler, unlike the plain "record".<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refsu15.html">https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refsu15.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>V.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>