[Lazarus] Identifier not found, but code completion works....

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:41:27 +0100
Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am testing an old Delphi communications component with lazarus. I
> don't want to install it as a component but instead create it in code.
> So I have started a new project and added the path to the Serial unit
> to the project options (Other Unit files).
> I also included it in the uses clause.
>[...]
> When I did this lazarus showed me hints on what I could select when I
> added the period after the serComm name, so I know that it is known by
> lazarus.
> But when I try to run the program lazarus shows an error:
> 
> unit1.pas(22,21) Error: Identifier not found "TSerial"
> 
> But TSerial is the class name for the component and it is found by
> lazarus when I write the code, so why in heavens name does it not find
> it when compiling???????

Do you have units with upper case letters in the file name?
Maybe you have two units with the same name.
Go to your uses section, where Serial is uses. Place source editor
cursor at the end of the used unit name and use Ctrl+Space to fix the
case.

Mattias