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I'm calling a C++Builder DLL from Delphi. &nbsp;The function I'm calling returns a value of type 'char*'. &nbsp;In the import unit I made in Delphi, I have the type as 'PChar'. &nbsp;When I run the Delphi executable, I get an access error.<br />
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I modified the import unit so that the type is 'string' and ran it again. &nbsp;This time no access error, but nothing returns.
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I'm calling a C++Builder DLL from Delphi.  The function I'm calling returns a value of type 'char*'.  In the import unit I made in Delphi, I have the type as 'PChar'.  When I run the Delphi executable, I get an access error.

I modified the import unit so that the type is 'string' and ran it again.  This time no access error, but nothing returns.

Problems picking proper type when calling DLL

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