Thread: Need help with error message!

I am trying to call a constructor from the class RightTriangle, but i get the following error messages:

client.cpp(14) : error C2065: 'RightTriangle' : undeclared identifier
client.cpp(14) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'left_nostril'
client.cpp(14) : error C2065: 'left_nostril' : undeclared identifier

I know what the error messages mean. I just understand why i get them. I have triangle.h declared. Here is my client code, triangle.h, and triangle.cpp.

*************client code********************
#include "triangle.h"

enum Direction{NW,NE,SW,SE};
int main()
{

RightTriangle left_nostril(36,7,4,NW); //this is where the 3 errors occur
return 0;
}
***********triangle.h*******************
#include "shape.h"
class RightTriangle : public Shape
{

public:
RightTriangle (int xx,int yy,int ss,int qq);
private:
int x;
int y;
int s;
int q;
};
***********triangle.cpp******************
#include "triangle.h"

enum Direction{NW,NE,SW,SE};
Direction d;

RightTriangle::RightTriangle(int xx,int yy, int ss, int qq)
{
x=xx;
y=yy;
s=ss;
q=qq;
if (q==0)
d=NW;
if (q==1)
d=NE;
if (q==2)
d=SW;
if (q==3)
d=SE;
}

Any help would be appreciated. I can't revise my program anymore until this problem is resolved.

post the Shape.cpp file.......your base class.....

maybe the error is deeply nested...

here is the shape class:
***********shape.h*********
class Shape
{
public:
Shape();
};
***********shape.cpp**********
#include "shape.h" // for Shape class

using namespace std;

Shape * Shape::head = NULL; // static variable declaration

Shape::Shape()
// Postcondition: this Shape has been added to the list
{
next = head ;
head = this;
}

prototype? i don't follow.

by looking at your shape.h......there's nothing there besides the constructor....and inside your shape.cpp you initialize some head and this....

it doesn't fall in place... you can't initialize something that wasn't declared...

hope that helps

Regards,
matheo917