Can't find unit error
lazarus / 9-Editor

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Guest · 2005-09-26 10:07

The uses clause in my project is as following:
uses
  Classes, SysUtils, LResources, Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs,
ComCtrls,  Buttons, EQFormat in 'C:\pp\MyDataFormat.pas';
But I get an error 'Can't find unit MyDataFormat',here the unit file
'C:\pp\MyDataFormat.pas' is my code file,I wrote it to declare some
data type.How the compiler knows where to find the units?I have set
the unit path in the menu item 'Project ->compiler options->other
sources',and the resulting set is
C:\pp\;$(LazarusDir)\lcl\;$(LazarusDir)\lcl\interfaces\$(LCLWidgetType
)\;
$(LazarusDir)\lcl\;$(LazarusDir)\lcl\interfaces\$(LCLWidgetType)\;
$(LazarusDir)\components\synedit\;$(LazarusDir)\components\codetools\
But I still get the error.
Maybe this is a very,very beginer's question,but even I have googled
on the internet I did not find any solution to solve it.

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Marc · 2005-09-26 10:13

Quote from: "Guest"EQFormat in 'C:\pp\MyDataFormat.pas';

This is not allowed. Filenames and unitnames need to be the same.

so either name your unit EQFormat and the file EQFormat.pas
or name your unit MyDataFormat and the file MyDataFormat.pas

I know the in 'filename' is a delphi way to tell the ide where a file
is located. I don't know if FPC uses this.