Subj : Re: strange string behavior To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : Bruce Salzman Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 10:29 am "panders" wrote in message news:433aa009$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > Borland 6 > > I am copying a string from an edit box to a string object. In the > edit box the string is "test" - when it is copied to the string > object it copies as "test~1`*" with additional invalid characters > appended to the edit box string. I have checked the lengths of both > the edit "test" and the copied "test~1`*" and both are length = 4. > This group is for the pre-Builder versions of C++. C++ Builder is the only product with a version 6. Try re-posting in one of the borland.public.cppbuilder... groups. Perhaps the students group? I'd also suggest showing the code you are using to copy the text from the edit box. -- Bruce .