Hello, I am new to Delphi. I only started to take a look at this language a few days ago, while looking around to find an alternative to VB6.

I have downloaded the code of a function from an Italian Web site that is supposed to convert Currency numbers into strings. The code runs as follows:

Code:
function NumeroToStringa(Numero: Currency) : string;
const
  LIMITE_STRINGA = '#';
var
  Negativo : boolean;
  Intero     : currency;
  TempIntero : currency;
  Resto      : integer ;
  Triplette  : integer ;
  nI         : integer ;
  Multiplo   : currency;
  FinoA999   : integer ;
  strFinoA999: string  ;
  Stringa    : string  ;

  // funzioni IntPow prese da libreria xProcs
  function IntPow(Base,Expo: Integer): Integer;
  var
    Loop             : Word;
  begin
    Result:=1;
    for Loop:=1 to Expo do Result:=Result*Base;
  end;

  function IntPow10(Exponent: Integer): Integer;
  begin
    Result:=IntPow(10,Exponent);
  end;

  // esegue il lavoro di creazione della stringa base
  function IntToStrFinoA999(var FinoA999: integer ): string;
  var
    temp      : string;
    centinaia : byte  ;
    decine    : byte  ;
    unita     : byte  ;
  begin

    if FinoA999 > 10 then begin
      centinaia := 0 ;
      decine    := 0 ;
      unita     := FinoA999 ;
    end else if FinoA999 > 100 then begin
      centinaia := 0 ;
      decine    := Trunc(FinoA999/10) ;
      unita     := FinoA999 - decine * 10 ;
    end else begin
      centinaia := Trunc(FinoA999/100) ;
      decine    := Trunc(FinoA999/10) - centinaia * 10 ;
      unita     := (FinoA999 - centinaia * 100) - decine * 10 ;
    end ;

    case unita of
      0 : temp := ''       ;
      1 : temp := 'uno'    ;
      2 : temp := 'due'    ;
      3 : temp := 'tre'    ;
      4 : temp := 'quattro';
      5 : temp := 'cinque' ;
      6 : temp := 'sei'    ;
      7 : temp := 'sette'  ;
      8 : temp := 'otto'   ;
      9 : temp := 'nove'   ;
    end ;
    case decine of
      0 : ; // lascia temp com'è
      1 : case unita of
            0 : temp := 'dieci'      ;
            1 : temp := 'undici'     ;
            2 : temp := 'dodici'     ;
            3 : temp := 'tredici'    ;
            4 : temp := 'quattordici';
            5 : temp := 'quindici'   ;
            6 : temp := 'sedici'     ;
            7 : temp := 'diciassette';
            8 : temp := 'diciotto'   ;
            9 : temp := 'diciannove' ;
          end ;
      2 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'ventuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'venti' + temp;
           end ;
      3 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'trentuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'trenta' + temp;
           end ;
      4 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'quarantuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'quaranta' + temp;
           end ;
      5 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'cinquantuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'cinquanta' + temp;
           end ;
      6 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'sessantuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'sessanta' + temp;
           end ;
      7 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'settantuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'settanta' + temp;
           end ;
      8 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'ottantuno'  ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'ottanta' + temp;
           end ;
      9 : case unita of
             1      : temp := 'novantuno'     ;
             2..9,0 : temp := 'novanta' + temp;
           end ;
    end ;
    case centinaia of
      1 :  temp := 'cento'        + temp ;
      2 :  temp := 'duecento'     + temp ;
      3 :  temp := 'trecento'     + temp ;
      4 :  temp := 'quattrocento' + temp ;
      5 :  temp := 'cinquecento'  + temp ;
      6 :  temp := 'seicento'     + temp ;
      7 :  temp := 'settecento'   + temp ;
      8 :  temp := 'ottocento'    + temp ;
      9 :  temp := 'novecento'    + temp ;
      0 :  ;
    end ;
    Result := temp ;
  end ;  {function IntToStrFinoA999}

begin
  // Se il segno è negativo lo metto subito positivo
  if Numero > 0 then
   begin
     Numero := numero * -1;
     Negativo := true
   end else Negativo := false;

  // del numero divido la parte intera e i centesimi
  Intero := Int(Numero);
  Resto  := Round(Frac(Numero) * 100);

  if Intero = 0 then
    Stringa := 'zero'
  else begin
    // guardo quanti moltiplicatori a 1000
    Triplette := ( Length(CurrToStr(Intero)) + 2 ) div 3;

    For nI := 1 to Triplette do begin
      TempIntero := Int(Intero / IntPow10((nI -1)*3));
      Multiplo   := Int(TempIntero / IntPow10(3));
      FinoA999   := Trunc(TempIntero - Multiplo * IntPow10(3));
      strFinoA999 := IntToStrFinoA999(FinoA999);
      case nI of
        //fino a 1000
        1 : Stringa := strFinoA999;
        //fino a un milione
        2 : if strFinoA999 = '' then
             // nulla
            else if strFinoA999 = 'uno' then
              Stringa := 'mille' + Stringa
            else Stringa := strFinoA999 + 'mila' + Stringa;
        //fino a un miliardo
        3 : if strFinoA999 = '' then
             // nulla
            else if strFinoA999 = 'uno' then
              Stringa := 'unmilione' + Stringa
            else Stringa := strFinoA999 + 'milioni' + Stringa;
        //fino a 1000 miliardi
        4 : if strFinoA999 = '' then
              // nulla
            else if strFinoA999 = 'uno' then
              Stringa := 'unmiliardo' + Stringa
            else Stringa := strFinoA999 + 'miliardi' + Stringa;
      end;
    end;
  end ;

  // aggiunge i centesimi
  if Resto <> 0 then begin
    strFinoA999 := IntToStrFinoA999(Resto);
    Stringa := Stringa + ' e ' + strFinoA999 + ' centesimi';
  end;
  // aggiunge i terminatori
  if negativo then Stringa := '- '+stringa;
  Stringa := LIMITE_STRINGA + Stringa + LIMITE_STRINGA;
  Result := UpperCase(Stringa) ;
end ;
I have tried to call the function in the following way, but without success:

Code:
procedure TForm1.cmdConvertiClick(Sender: TObject);
begin

	lblStringa.Caption := NumeroToStringa(StrToCurr(txtNumero.Text));

end;
where lblStringa is a Label and txtNumero an Edit box.

What I get is just a few '#' characters and the conversion does not take place.

Can anybody tell me where the mistake is?

TIA