{ >I have a question about Typed Constants. By this I mean the >following declaration: > > Const > Example : Byte = 1; > >What are the advantages to this? ...One of the advantages to using "Typed Constants", is that it allows you to initalize Variables at CompILE-TIME (ie: When you Compile your source-code into an .EXE), instead of RUN-TIME. (ie: When your Program is actually running.) ...Another advantage is that "Typed Constants" within Functions/ Procedures keep their data between calls. } Procedure SaveData({input} Var DataBuffer : byar_Data); Const bo_FileOpen : Boolean = False; begin if (bo_FileOpen = False) then begin assign(fi_Data, st_DataName); {$I-} reset(fi_Data, 1); {$I+} Check_For_IO_Error; bo_FileOpen := True end; blockWrite(fi_Data, DataBuffer, sizeof(DataBuffer)); Check_For_IO_Error end; { ...The Procedure above would only open the data-File once, and all Repeat calls to this Procedure would just Write there data to the File. (ie: The Boolean "Typed-Constant" bo_FileOpen would only be False the first time this routine executed. The next time this routine executed bo_FileOpen would be equal to True.) }