Hi The following program makes fpc 1.9.2 exit with a runtime error: Runtime error 216 at 0x004CFAFF 0x004CFAFF 0x004CFC21 0x0046DADC 0x0046CF59 0x0046F0A1 0x0046F0B2 0x0046F0B2 0x0046F0B2 0x0046F736 0x00452D6E const WideA = WideChar(#65); var C : WideChar; begin C := WideA; end. Thanks