Linking header files, Source files and main program(Accel. C++)

I've been working thru Accelerated C++ on my new laptop recently and I have finished chapter 4, well I'm up to the exercises. The problem is that the chapter goes thru how to organize a program and the big program is one that uses header files, regular code and source files for the header files. I've saved the header files as .h files and C++ code as .cpp files. I'm not sure what happens to the source files. Thye are the source for the 2 header files, they aren't the header files but use and declare some of what is in the header files that they belong to. I'm not sure what to do about the source files. Are they just regular C++ files because there is no reference to them in the main program. If anyone that has used Accelerated C++ could help me out or point me in the right direction that would be apreciated.:)

I also tried to use the code of chapter 4 of this book but it didn't work neither , so I gave up and returned to Teach Yourself in 21 days ...

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Thye are the source for the 2 header files, they aren't the header files but use and declare some of what is in the header files that they belong to. I'm not sure what to do about the source files. Are they just regular C++ files because there is no reference to them in the main program.

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You can treat them as 'regular' C++ source files. One way would be to name the source file for foo.h as foo.cpp, but the actual name of the source file doesnt matter to the compiler and linker so long as it is compiled and linked.

If you are using an IDE like Dev-C++ or Visual C++, add all the source files (cpp files) to the project. As long as one and only one of those files has a main() function, the project will compile and link them together correctly.

If you are using a command-line compiler, then you need to compile all the source files. A makefile makes it easier to handle that, so consider learning how to use one if you don't use an IDE.