Upgrading to XE5 from Delphi 5: UDPClient.SendBuffer

Question

I am upgrading an older version of Delphi to XE5, The older version uses Indy Component UDPClient, XE5 says SendBuffer cannot be called with these arguments. Will someone please help me. Here is sample code snippet:

var
  i: integer;
begin
  i := bpt;
  if i <> 0
  begin 
   //send Reset byte
   myBuff[i] := chr(_reset);      // reboot the LIA
   inc(i);
   IdUDPClient1.SendBuffer(myBuff,i);
  end;
end;

where myBuff : array[0..255] of char;

Thank you in advance for your help.

Mike

Answer 1

You need to convert your data to a TIdBytes, which is a dynamic array of bytes. You also have to take into account that Char is now 2 bytes in size, so if you need to remain compatible with an existing app, use AnsiChar or Byte instead of Char:

var
  myBuff: array[0..255] of Byte;
...
var
  i: integer;
begin
  i := bpt;
  if i <> 0 then
  begin 
   //send Reset byte
   myBuff[i] := _reset;      // reboot the LIA
   inc(i);
   IdUDPClient1.SendBuffer(RawToBytes(myBuff[0],I));
  end;
end;

Or:

var
  myBuff: TIdBytes;
...
var
  i: integer;
begin
  SetLength(myBuff, 256);
  ...
  i := bpt;
  if i <> 0 then
  begin 
   //send Reset byte
   myBuff[i] := _reset;      // reboot the LIA
   inc(i);
   IdUDPClient1.SendBuffer(myBuff);
  end;
end;