Re: Convert C-Builder program to Delphi?

From: Maarten Wiltink (maarten_at_kittensandcats.net)
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:22:29 +0200

"W. D." <GoogleGroups@US-Webmasters.com> wrote in message
news:1112170948.393836.139430@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...

> Currently, I am getting several of these errors:
>
> 'Unsatisfied forward or external declaration'
>
> They occur in the Interface section, even though several
> versions of these Overloaded functions are in the
> Implementation section (and otherwise compile OK).
>
> One would think that if they exist in the Implematation
> section, and they didn't match the templates in the
> Interface section, there would be some sort of
> mismatch error. But for some reason, the compiler
> doesn't think they exist.

Overloading makes this harder for the compiler.

> I've gotten this type of error when the functions were
> owned by a Class. The solution is to prepend the
> name of the class onto the function:
>
> TheFunction();
>
> becomes:
>
> TheClassName.TheFunction();
>
>
> Since these functions aren't contained in a class, what
> could be preventing the compiler from finding them?

Hard to say without seeing code. Stripped-down code, please.
Ten to one you'll find the error you made before ever posting.

The ground rule is quite simple. "The compiler is always right."

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink

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