Delphi Data Types for API Integration
Sometime we may need to integrate APIs written on other languages into our Delphi application or we may need to call windows APIs when dealing with complex data structures or we may need to communicate with ActiveX OLE components. Then in such cases, main issue is Data Type mismatch. So for better compatibility Delphi provides following Pointer data types which can be used to send and receive data to and from other application to Delphi applications. Integer Data Types Type Description Pointer Byte 8-bit unsigned integer PByte ShortInt 8-bit signed integer PShortInt Word 16-bit unsigned integer PWord SmallInt 16-bit signed integer PSmallInt Cardinal 32-bit unsigned integer PCardinal LongWord 32-bit unsigned integer 64-bit unsigned integer PLongWord Fixe...