I'm having trouble setting up an object/enum for a TTF_Font in SDL. I'm following Lazyfoo's tutorial here:
http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/lesson07/index.php

I'm trying to declare a TTF_Font in my header file so I can set the font in the constructor and use it in the draw method. I'm doing this:
TTF_Font* font;

Which doesn't work. I realize TTF_Font is an enum and from what I understand you can't declare enums like you can objects or other variables. So how can I create a variable to hold the font and set it up?

Thanks in advance!

Thanks for your reply, Roots. I posted after a long troubleshooting session and my brain had turned to mush! Let me clarify:

The specific error I received while compiling is "[font=Monaco]error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'TTF_Font' with no type[/font]"

I'm confident I have the SDL_TTF framework linked properly. I used the same procedure to link that and the SDL_Image framework and SDL_Image works fine. I have the header file included for SDL_TTF because I'm able to call TTF_Init(). If I remove the SDL_ttf header then I can't call TTF_init().

I just solved the problem, though. I had included the SDL_ttf header in another file and not the one for the class I was creating the SDL_ttf struct in.

Sometimes I miss something simple like that after programming for a while. I thought it was already included since it was in a global header but I missed it somehow. Thanks again

The problem is the compiler does not see the declaration of TTF_Font at the point you are using it. So you are including SDL_ttf.h in a manner that prevents the compiler from seeing this declaration when needed - which is in a particular header file. By the time you get inside a source file this is often worked out. See here for an example of how an apparently sane header setup confuses the compiler once the code has been preprocessed.

I recommend reading this article, as structuring your headers and source files correctly should solve this problem.

Thank you very much! I was doing most of the things in the article (resolving cyclic dependencies, using header files, and using #ifndef) but I tried to include too many things in a global header. I think I'll have to include files more locally in the other classes that need them and that should resolve this type of issue better.