topic pretty much covers it... a generalization of what i'm trying to do:

struct customtype
{
   int someint;
   float somefloat;
}
class Parent
{
public:
   customtype ParentWidget
};
class Child : public Parent
{
public:
   customtype ChildWidget
};
    

the problem i'm having is this:
i can access anything defined in the child class, but nothing derived from the parent class. ie:

ChildObject[1].ChildWidget.someint = 1234; // this is okay
ChildObject[1].ChildWidget.somefloat = 1.2345; // this is also okay
ChildObject[1].ParentWidget.someint = 1234; // this is not okay.. i get a compiler error saying ParentWidget is undefined.
    

is this supposed to happen? could it be that i haven't initialized my ParentWidget through a constructor? templates are supposed to encourage reusability, as is inheritance.. so my obvious thought is that they should work together naturally... i hope im just doing something terribly stupid here.. [edit: damn html codes] -eldee ;another space monkey; [ Forced Evolution Studios ]

[edited by - eldee on September 8, 2002 2:58:05 PM] [edited by - eldee on September 8, 2002 2:58:44 PM]

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