Hi Quzah,
I should have mentioned that I had tried that before as well (adding the semicolon to the end of my constructor) and when I do that I receive this error message:
Code:
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\ex_13_27\sqshape.h(10) : error C2969: syntax error : ';' : expected member function definition to end with '}'
Any idea why this might occur? It seems as sound as any other class code that I've written in the past, I just haven't dealt with inheritance or inline functions often.

Thanks again!