reference, struct & vectors

[johnd]

I am trying to pass a reference to struct based vector but keep getting an error "C2923:'std::vector' : 'InstalledApps' is invalid as template argument '#1', type expected"

See my attempt below, What is the best way to accomplish this task?


Thanks,

JD..

 

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "windows.h"
#include <vector>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

struct InstalledApps {
                                 string Vendor;
                                 string PartNumber;
	             string Status;
                                 };


int main(void)

{
vector<ProductList> ProdList;
GetProdlist(ProdList);
}


//external file

using namespace std;

extern InstalledApps;
void GetProdList(vector<ProductList>& ProdList);

GetProdList(vector<ProductList>& ProdList)
{

Do something here

};

[CornedBee]

ProductList is never declared or defined anywhere, I guess you mean InstalledApps.

extern InstalledApps;

This is an incorrect struct declaration, correct would be
struct InstalledApps;
but it doesn't matter as the template argument to an STL container must be a full type.

Put the struct definition into a header file and include it in both sources.