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OJWard
OJWard

Reputation: 1

Delphi 10.3 error Cannot resolve unit name 'ActiveX'

I'm using Delphi 10.3.3 and wrote an application about 4 months ago which used a third party Word Mailmerge unit. It said that I must include ComObj and ActiveX in uses, which I did. The application ran fine.

I've returned to it today to make changes and have errors, cannot resolve unit name for ComObj and ActiveX. I got around ComObj by changing it to System.Win.ComObj, which I read elsewhere on here, but cannot get around the ActiveX issue. Not sure why this is happening.

Have I changed something by accident? It was working before. I'm hesitant to start re-installing libraries without understanding the issue.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 487

Answers (2)

Kruman_Milky
Kruman_Milky

Reputation: 11

You must use WinAPI.ActiveX instead of ActiveX and WinAPI.ShellAPI instead of ShellAPI.

Upvotes: 1

fpiette
fpiette

Reputation: 12292

Probably your project has his option "Unit scope names" either empty or incomplete. That's why you have to include fully qualified unit names in the uses clause. There is no problem doing that. It is even better.

Usually the option "unit scope names" is Winapi;System.Win;Data.Win;Datasnap.Win;Web.Win;Soap.Win;Xml.Win;Bde;System;Xml;Data;Datasnap;Web;Soap

You can complete the list with whatever you need. Or leave it empty and use fully qualified unit names.

Upvotes: 2

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