Thread: calling structures within structures

Hi again.

I've got this program that's supposed to generate Christmas cards. it does this using hard coded information and information given by the user.

it uses the following stucture at its base;

Code:

struct Basecard
{
	struct persons //structure that holds the names
	{
	    char sender[name]; //senders name
        char reciptfore[name]; //recipients forename
        char reciptsur[name]; //recipients surname
	};
	struct messages //structure tha
	{
	    char standard[message];
	    char personal[message];
	};
	struct Images //structure that contains the images of the built card
		{
			Image main_image;
			Image image1;
			Image image2;
			Image image3;
			Image image4;

the problems occur when I'm trying to use the structures. here's an example

Code:

	cout << "please enter the name of the sender: ";
	cin >> card.persons.sender; endl;

gets the compiler error invalid use of struct Basecard:: persons

I'm guess i'm calling it wrong. can anyone tell me the proper way?

thanks

ES