object missing in reference to `Window::border'

Hello,

I'm hoping this is a simple problem but I can't figure it out. I've looked around on Google and found little helpful information.

When compiling, I get this message: 'error: object missing in reference to `Window::border''

The related (simplified) code is as follows:

window.h

Code:

class Window
{
    public:
        friend class WindowConfigListener;

    ...

    private:
        Image *border[9];
        ...
};

window.cpp

Code:

class WindowConfigListener : public ConfigListener
{
    void optionChanged(const std::string &)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
        {
            Window::border[i]->setAlpha(config.getValue("guialpha", 0.8));
            ^ Fails here
        }
    }
};

I've looked around on google for a possible solution but was unable to find anything that was useful. I imagine there is a simple fix to this but the answer is eluding me.

Thank you for your time in helping me with this problem.

It looks like you are trying to set the border member variable of a Window object, but by treating it as if it were the member variable of a WindowConfigListener, which presumably is not a Window object.

Well, that definitly gives me more insight. The next question is, how can I set a variable in a friend class? Or, is this just totally bad programming and instead go the route of creating a member function of Window that then gets called by the WindowConfigListener?

Only problem then, is how can I get the WindowConfigListener Class to call a member function of Window without instantiating a new instance of class Window?

Edit:
You're right -- WindowConfigListener is not a Window class.

I suppose a better question might be, how can I have a friend class set the value of a non-static member variable without creating a new Window object?

how can I have a friend class set the value of a non-static member variable without creating a new Window object?

It cannot do that. No object, no non-static member variables.

Originally Posted by leeor_net

Only problem then, is how can I get the WindowConfigListener Class to call a member function of Window without instantiating a new instance of class Window?

Pass a Window reference or pointer to the method, or to the constructor so you can reference it later.

Pass a Window reference or pointer to the method, or to the constructor so you can reference it later.

Oh, good catch if indeed "new" implies "another".

I found another solution that works well enough for me. In this case, the code is for a Window GUI Widget (based on GUIChan). Anyway, the WindowConfigListener 'listens' for changes to an option.

As border is not a Static member of the Window class, I figured that it may not be necessary to explicitly modify that member and instead I could set a 'flag' that tells the Window class that there's been a change it needs to respond to.

I added in a boolean variable, bool mGuiAlphaChanged. The rest of the code responds to that and the code is now working just fine... I'm not sure why I didn't think about this ahead of time but I thought I would post my solution so that others with a similar problem may see an alternative solution.

Thank you all for your time and effort -- your help is very much appreciated.