Error C2061

Hi

I've searched in a lot of foruns, including this one, to an answer to this error that is pissing me off. I know that it's about circular dependence, but i just can't make it work. Please take a look to the error message:

Code:

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1>Compiling...
1>Iluminador.cpp
1>c:\vrts_project\vrts_project\vrts_project\ceu.h(13) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'Iluminador'
1>Visualizador.cpp
1>c:\vrts_project\vrts_project\vrts_project\iluminador.h(36) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'Visualizador'
1>Generating Code...
1>Compiling...
1>EstruturaN1_T.cpp
1>Generating Code...
1>Compiling...
1>ActiveLoader.cpp
1>Ceu.cpp
1>PickHandler.cpp
1>Rua.cpp
1>RuaFake.cpp
1>SceneLoader.cpp
1>vrts_main.cpp
1>EstruturaN1_Fake.cpp
1>Generating Code...
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\VRTS_PROJECT\VRTS_project\VRTS_project\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>VRTS_project - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

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Making it shorter: "Ceu.h" calls "Iluminador.h"; "Iluminador.h" calls "Visualizador.h"; "Visualizador.h" calls another header, "main.h", witch calls almost all other headers to the project. Why only these two is giving errors back?

Thanks in advance

Sometimes the use of forward declarations and use of pointers and references (instead of objects ) in the headers is the only way out of such situations.
Kurt

Do all your header files have guards around them? By guard, I mean something like:

Code:

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#ifndef SOMEFILE_H
#define SOMEFILE_H

// all the usual header file stuff should go in here
// between the #define and the #endif

#endif

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This prevents most of the usual circular definition issues. Every single one of the header files you work with should have them (as a just-in-case).

Thanks, guys.

These guards resolved my problem. I didn't know how to deal with them, now its working.