Newbie questio about procedures

[skwattrinated]

Hi!
Please don't blame me for my, I know, stupid question. I searched on the on-line help, the net and the forum, but I was not able to solve.
I have a procedure that just write something in a Memo when I press a Button, and it is called from inside the OnClick event procedure. I paste my code hereafter:

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    Label1: TLabel;
    EditElenco: TEdit;
    MemoOut: TMemo;
    Label2: TLabel;
    EditFasce: TEdit;
    Label3: TLabel;
    EditOut: TEdit;
    ButtonCalcola: TButton;
    procedure ButtonCalcolaClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure LeggiElenco(FileElenco: AnsiString);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

procedure LeggiElenco(FileElenco: AnsiString);
begin
  MemoOut.Lines.Add('Leggo elenco dei file da analizzare');
end;

procedure TForm1.ButtonCalcolaClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  LeggiElenco(EditElenco.Text);
end;

end.

The problem is that when I compile this code, MemoOut object is not recognized inside LeggiElenco procedure [error: Undeclared identifier: MemoOut], and I can't understand why...

Could you help me, please?
Thanks

 

[whosrdaddy]

you just forget one thing :

//original code
procedure LeggiElenco(FileElenco: AnsiString);
begin
  MemoOut.Lines.Add('Leggo elenco dei file da analizzare');
end;

//must be

procedure [b]TForm1.[/b]LeggiElenco(FileElenco: AnsiString);
begin
  MemoOut.Lines.Add('Leggo elenco dei file da analizzare');
end;

that should do it

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[svanels]

The compiler expects a link between Form1 and MemoOut


in the implementation section use:
procedure TForm1.LeggiElenco(FileElenco: AnsiString);


Steven

 

[skwattrinated]

Thank you very much!!!

 

[Stretchwickster]

I'm using Delphi 6 and whenever I declare a new method of a class e.g.

procedure Test;

I leave the cursor on the same line and press <CTRL+SHIFT+C> and an empty framework for defining the method is filled out in the Implementation section of my unit as shown:

procedure TForm1.Test;
begin

end;

The advantage of this is that I don't risk forgetting to put the class name in front of the method name, as you did in your first post.

Clive

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[SundialServices]

A procedure is not the same as a form's method.

If you omit "TForm1." then you are creating a stand-alone private procedure within the unit, which therefore has no knowledge of any of the object(s) defined in the unit. Legal, but probably not what you intended to do.

 

[skwattrinated]

Thanks to everybody for your help.
Reading this forum is always very very helpful!