I just started getting this compile error on line (0,0) of my unit

"The referenced variable, parameter, or function Parent does not exist"

It seemed to happen after I copied and pasted some components onto the form from another unit. I fixed up all the events and names and stuff so there are no other compile errors except the above.

I read through the .wbf file and all seems ok. I searched through the .wbs file for parent and there were 2 instances where I was setting a components parent property to a container panel, which is working fine in other similar parts of the application. I commented out those 2 lines but it did not make any difference.

Any ideas?

Steve

This is due to properties of the component most likely.

Try removing the component and then compile. If OK then drop it back
from IDE (not copy/paste) and see if pasted version came with some extra
or incorrect properties or property values.

Raul


On 8/11/2014 9:09 PM, Stephen Barker wrote:
> I just started getting this compile error on line (0,0) of my unit
>
> "The referenced variable, parameter, or function Parent does not exist"
>
> It seemed to happen after I copied and pasted some components onto the form from another unit. I fixed up all the events and names and stuff so there are no other compile errors except the above.
>
> I read through the .wbf file and all seems ok. I searched through the .wbs file for parent and there were 2 instances where I was setting a components parent property to a container panel, which is working fine in other similar parts of the application. I commented out those 2 lines but it did not make any difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>

Hi Raul,

There were about 20 components and a lot of events and code interacting with them all, so I gave up and deleted everything on the panel so I could get back to a compilable point.

Then I cut and pasted the components again, but this time only one or 2 at a time, and hooking up events and checking names and compilation as I went along as best as I could, and creating stub methods and events for those that would be coming across later.

This time it all worked perfectly. I have no idea what went wrong the first time, but maybe I just tried to do too much in one hit and EWB got confused. The puzzling thing was that I couldn't seem to resolve that situation by any combination of closing and reopening units, project, EWB, editing files in Notepad etc, so I don't know what part of the source files it was objecting to. I have kept a copy of the unit that was broken in case Tim wants to look at it.

Steve



Raul wrote:

This is due to properties of the component most likely.

Try removing the component and then compile. If OK then drop it back
from IDE (not copy/paste) and see if pasted version came with some extra
or incorrect properties or property values.

Raul


On 8/11/2014 9:09 PM, Stephen Barker wrote:
> I just started getting this compile error on line (0,0) of my unit
>
> "The referenced variable, parameter, or function Parent does not exist"
>
> It seemed to happen after I copied and pasted some components onto the form from another unit. I fixed up all the events and names and stuff so there are no other compile errors except the above.
>
> I read through the .wbf file and all seems ok. I searched through the .wbs file for parent and there were 2 instances where I was setting a components parent property to a container panel, which is working fine in other similar parts of the application. I commented out those 2 lines but it did not make any difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>

Hi Stephen,

Look at your events of the components that you have copied. EWB does copy
the events in the components too, but it does not copy the coresponding
code. That created the error in my case.

Ronald

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Hi Raul,

There were about 20 components and a lot of events and code interacting with
them all, so I gave up and deleted everything on the panel so I could get
back to a compilable point.

Then I cut and pasted the components again, but this time only one or 2 at a
time, and hooking up events and checking names and compilation as I went
along as best as I could, and creating stub methods and events for those
that would be coming across later.

This time it all worked perfectly. I have no idea what went wrong the first
time, but maybe I just tried to do too much in one hit and EWB got confused.
The puzzling thing was that I couldn't seem to resolve that situation by any
combination of closing and reopening units, project, EWB, editing files in
Notepad etc, so I don't know what part of the source files it was objecting
to. I have kept a copy of the unit that was broken in case Tim wants to look
at it.

Steve



Raul wrote:

This is due to properties of the component most likely.

Try removing the component and then compile. If OK then drop it back
from IDE (not copy/paste) and see if pasted version came with some extra
or incorrect properties or property values.

Raul


On 8/11/2014 9:09 PM, Stephen Barker wrote:
> I just started getting this compile error on line (0,0) of my unit
>
> "The referenced variable, parameter, or function Parent does not exist"
>
> It seemed to happen after I copied and pasted some components onto the
> form from another unit. I fixed up all the events and names and stuff so
> there are no other compile errors except the above.
>
> I read through the .wbf file and all seems ok. I searched through the .wbs
> file for parent and there were 2 instances where I was setting a
> components parent property to a container panel, which is working fine in
> other similar parts of the application. I commented out those 2 lines but
> it did not make any difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>