Instantiation question

Can someone tell me why I get non-object errors if I don't instantiate the objects with 3 strings? I provided default arguments for this object, so what is the problem? Sample error received when objects not instantiated (receive them for all functions):

c:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Mynotebook\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\helloWorld\helloWorld.cpp(52): error C2228: left of '.inputVals' must have class/struct/union type

Thanks, and Happy Easter!

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class TelBook
{
protected:
	string last_;
	string first_;
	string tel_;
public:
	TelBook(string, string, string);
	void inputVals();
	void dispVals();
	void assignVals(TelBook*);
};

TelBook::TelBook(string f = "", string l = "", string t = "")
{
	first_ = f;
	last_ = l;
	tel_ = t;
}

void TelBook::inputVals()
{
	cout << "Enter the last name: ";
	getline(cin, last_, '\n');
	cout << "\nEnter the first name: ";
	getline(cin, first_, '\n');
	cout << "\nNow enter the telephone number: ";
	getline(cin, first_, '\n');
}

void TelBook::dispVals()
{
	cout << "Last name: " << last_ << ", first name: " << first_ 
		 << ", telephone number: " << tel_ << endl;
}

void TelBook::assignVals(TelBook *myTelEntry)
{
    myTelEntry->last_ = last_;
	myTelEntry->first_ = first_;
	myTelEntry->tel_ = tel_;
}

int main()
{
	
	TelBook myTelBookObject();
	myTelBookObject.inputVals();
	myTelBookObject.dispVals();
	TelBook mySecondTelBookObject();
	mySecondTelBookObject.inputVals();
	mySecondTelBookObject.assignVals(&myTelBookObject);
	myTelBookObject.dispVals();
	return 0;
}

Drop the parentheses.

Code:

TelBook myTelBookObject; //creates a TelBook instance, whereas 
// TelBook myTelBookObject(); // is a declaration of a function returning a TelBook

Originally Posted by Oysterman

Drop the parentheses.

Code:

TelBook myTelBookObject; //creates a TelBook instance, whereas 
// TelBook myTelBookObject(); // is a declaration of a function returning a TelBook

Thanks, I overlooked that!

-Patrick