Eugen wrote:

> I have a little problem when I transform string to CFStringRef :
> '------------------------------
> DIM AS str255 Time
> DIM AS CFStringRef TimeCF
> 
> Time = "00:30:25"      'it's a computation variable
> TimeCF = @Time
> 
> PRINT fn HIViewSetText( button&( 1 ), @"00:30:25" ) '--> 00:30:25
> 
> PRINT fn HIViewSetText( button&( 1 ), TimeCF )
> 'or												--> ERROR and "Application quit unexpectedly"
> PRINT fn HIViewSetText( button&( 1 ), @Time )
> '------------------------------

'@' can't be used like that for CFStrings. It must always be followed by a string literal. This should work:

TimeCF = @"00:30:25"

Bernie