[SOLVED] Visibility of resourcestring

[CM630]

I am reading this:
https://wiki.freepascal.org/Step-by-step_instructions_for_creating_multi-language_applications

It is stated:

In a larger project, it is convenient to collect all resourcestrings in a separate unit; you can access the strings from other forms and units and avoid cross-referencing of units this way.

So I made a new project, enabled i18N.
The project has one main form, I created a unit named localize.
I added it in the Uses of the main form.
And when I did showmsg (lngOK) I get:
„Error: Identifier not found "lngOk"“ 

What am I doing wrong?

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. unit localize;
2.  
3.  
4.  
5. {$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
6.  
7.  
8. interface
9.  
10.  
11. uses
12.   Classes, SysUtils;
13.  
14.  
15. implementation
16.  
17.  
18. resourcestring
19.   lngOk = 'Okay';
20.  
21.  
22. end.  

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. unit main;
2.  
3.  
4.  
5. {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
6.  
7.  
8. interface
9.  
10.  
11. uses
12.   Classes, SysUtils, Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs, StdCtrls,
13.   localize, LCLTranslator;
14.  
15.  
16. type
17.  
18.  
19.   { TForm1 }
20.  
21.  
22.   TForm1 = class(TForm)
23.     Button1: TButton;
24.     procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
25.   private
26.  
27.  
28.   public
29.  
30.  
31.   end;
32.  
33.  
34. var
35.   Form1: TForm1;
36.  
37.  
38. implementation
39.  
40.  
41. {$R *.lfm}
42.  
43.  
44. { TForm1 }
45.  
46.  
47. procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
48. begin
49.   ShowMessage (lngOk);
50. end;
51.  
52.  
53. end.
54.  

[Paolo]

Move the resourcestring in the interface section may help

[CM630]

Moving to Interface results in
„Fatal: Syntax error, "IMPLEMENTATION" expected but "USES" found“

But moving after USES seems works!
Thanks!

WORKING

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. unit localize;
2.  
3.  
4. {$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
5.  
6.  
7. interface
8.  
9.  
10. uses
11.   Classes, SysUtils;
12.  
13.  
14. resourcestring
15.   lngOk = 'Okay';
16.  
17.  
18. implementation
19.  
20.  
21. end.  
22.  

NOT WORKING

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1.  
2. unit localize;
3.  
4.  
5. {$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
6.  
7.  
8. interface
9.  
10.  
11. resourcestring
12.   lngOk = 'Okay';
13.  
14.  
15. uses
16.   Classes, SysUtils;
17.  
18.  
19. implementation
20.  
21. end.  

[PascalDragon]

Moving to Interface results in
„Fatal: Syntax error, "IMPLEMENTATION" expected but "USES" found“

The whole area from interface up until implementation is the “interface section”. So if someone says “move xyz to the interface section” they'll mean to the syntatically correct place, in this case after the uses-clause of the interface section.