Delphi Compiler Error
E2005 ‘%s’ is not a type identifier
Reason for the Error & Solution
This error message occurs when the compiler expected the name of a type, but the name it found did not stand for a type.
program Produce;
type
TMyClass = class
Field: Integer;
end;
var
MyClass: TMyClass;
procedure Proc(C: MyClass); (*<-- Error message here*)
begin
end;
begin
end.
The example erroneously uses the name of the variable, not the name of the type, as the type of the argument.
program Solve;
type
TMyClass = class
Field: Integer;
end;
var
MyClass: TMyClass;
procedure Proc(C: TMyClass);
begin
end;
begin
end.
Make sure the offending identifier is indeed a type – maybe it was misspelled, or another identifier of the same name hides the one you meant to refer to.
