Hi I am trying to pass a Paddle object e.g Paddle player_paddle to a draw method but I am getting an error that Paddle is undeclared identifier .....Paddle is definately a class

The order in which you declare classes/variables in languages such as C and C++ is important. If Paddle is declared after Draw then you'll get an undeclared identifier error as the compiler has not yet reached the Paddle class.

What you might want to do to solve this is create two header files, one for Draw and one for Paddle. Have thme both include eachother(Draw.h includes Paddle.h, Paddle.h includes Draw.h), but be sure to use what are called "include guards" so the compiler does not include the same file twice(this will cause even more errors).

Also the "proper" way to pass aPaddle is as a pointer of reference, not a copy.

setPlayerP_movement(Paddle *aPaddle);

or

setPlayerP_movement(Paddle &aPaddle);

Thanks folks it was eactly as you said .......I am not using header files its all in one file and I changed the order and it fixed the problem.

I think I will try and change my program so its using header files ......I better do some reading up on include gaurds )

I have been programming for a long time today and I am starting to get dumb errors from not doing basic stuff like initialising certain constructor variables so Im going to give it a break for tonight :-)

Thanks for the help!
Dave