SystemFreeMem (Delphi)

Description

The following example opens a file of your choice and reads the entire file into a dynamically allocated buffer. The buffer and the size of the file are then passed to a routine that processes the text, and finally the dynamically allocated buffer is freed and the file is closed.

Code

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  F: file;
  Size: Integer;
  Buffer: PAnsiChar;
begin
  if OpenDialog1.Execute then
  begin
    AssignFile(F, OpenDialog1.FileName);
    Reset(F, 1);
    try
      Size := FileSize(F);
      GetMem(Buffer, Size);
      try
        BlockRead(F, Buffer^, Size);
        Memo1.Lines.Add(AnsiString(Buffer));
      finally
        FreeMem(Buffer);
      end;
    finally
      CloseFile(F);
    end;
  end;
end;

Note: System.BlockRead should be used with great care because the untyped parameter (Buffer) can be the source of memory corruption. To avoid this, it is preferable to use streams.

Uses

• System.FreeMem ( fr | de | ja )
• System.FileSize ( fr | de | ja )
• System.GetMem ( fr | de | ja )
• System.BlockRead ( fr | de | ja )