[DUG] Compiling problems

[Jeremy North]

You must have another method called Length that is being picked up by
the compiler. Fully qualify your call to the Length function
(System.Length).

cheers,
Jeremy

On 9/9/05, Mark Howard <mhoward at pslog.co.nz> wrote:
> Help - I'm tearing my hair out!
> 
> I am trying to add a feature that already exists in one of my app's reports to another three reports.
> Although this may distract from the real problem - hear is the code, for the sake of completeness:
> 
> procedure TOwnDet1.ChildBand1BeforePrint(Sender: TQRCustomBand;
>   var PrintBand: Boolean);
> begin
>   CommentsMemo.Lines.Clear;
>   CommentsMemo.Lines.Add(
>     QueryDataModule.LogRepQ.FieldByName('Comment').AsString);
>   if Length(CommentsMemo.Lines.Text) > 2 then                                       <<<<HERE
>     ChildBand1.Height := CommentsMemo.Height + 2
>   else
>     ChildBand1.Height := 0;
> end;
> 
> This code compiles fine in the original report unit but I get
> "Missing operator or semicolon" and
> "Incompatible types"
> both on the line indicated when I put the code into another report unit.
> 
> In fact the problem is with the Length function because I get the same errors if the code reads
> Length('abcdefg');
> 
> Yet I can add the same code into another report unit and again there is no error.
> 
> A possible clue is that the 2 units where no errors occur are located in a different project subdirectory to the 2 other units where the compiler errors do occur.
> 
> Can anyone suggest what may be going on here.  (I would be very grateful - this was supposed to be a half hour job!)
> 
> TIA  Mark
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