(Solved)Reacuring problem with use clause

[JLWest]

I have a program with 1 form and two units;I get an error that Unit2 can't be found.
I have a backup of unit2. It is a static code unit so I copy it back in to development dir. It just started all of a sudden. happened twice.

 

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1. unit Unit1;
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3. {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
4.  
5. interface
6.  
7. uses
8.   Buttons,  clipbrd,  Classes,   Controls,
9.   Dialogs,  ExtCtrls, FileUtil,  Forms,
10.   Graphics, SysUtils, StrUtils,  StdCtrls,
11.   Spin,     Types;                                    
12.  
13.                    
14.  
15. implementation
16.  
17. {$R *.lfm}
18.  
19. Uses Unit2;        // <== keeps diapering.
20.  
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22.  

[winni]

Hmmmm - strange.

Whatever happend:

Open unit2 in the IDE.
Menu --> Project --> Add File in Editor to project (Shift F11 by default).

Winni

[jamie]

I think he has another copy of the file elsewhere in the path without the unit in the list and it keeps reloading it.

copying a file over during a session with a unit file of the same name still open is not really a good idea

[JLWest]

Found the problem I think.

There is a sub-dir that is emptied during start out of formcreate. So I load the directory with findallfiles. The path to the sub-directory wasn't set, blank in fact and it loaded the development dir and deleted all my files except the exe file. i guess because it was open. I did have a very recent backup of the entire directory. So I restored.

Changing that process to DirectoryExists, DelDirectory, MakDir.