And if you want to return string values, make sure to use IBAlloc instead of GetMem or other

Delphi functions to allocate memory.

 

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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The link you pointed has incorrect information. When using Delphi, UDF functions should use cdecl not stdcall.

Delphi/Pascal gives you the necessary syntax and functions to work with pointers, so just get used to them <g>

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Carlos
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Hi everyone, I am studying how to create UDFs on Firebird, but there is a thing that I can not understand. Samples that I found over internet, like this: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/writing-udfs-in-delphi-for-interbase-firebird/ All functions are exported as stdcall: function Teste(sVar:PAnsiChar; iVar:Integer):PAnsiChar; stdcall ; I dont use string, only pAnsiChar, Integer and Double. Ok, at this point, but when register inside Firebird and execute, the app (flamerobin or ibexpert) crash. Then, I change to export function DLL as cdecl and change Integer type to Integer as Pointer: type PInteger = ^Integer; function Teste(sVar:PAnsiChar; iVar:PInteger):PAnsiChar; cdecl; runs fine, but I have very difficult to handle with pointers (hello pascal). I can´t make a simple 'hello word' using stdcall functions. Even copy samples over internet. I use Delphi XE5 and FB 2.5.3. I would like to know if is possible to work writting UDFs as stdcall or I have to adapter with cdecl and pointers to make my own UDFs. Thx,