error C2504: 'BASECLASS' : base class undefined
- by numerical25
I checked out a post similar to this but the linkage was different the issue was never resolved. The problem with mine is that for some reason the linker is expecting there to be a definition for the base class, but the base class is just a interface. Below is the error in it's entirety
c:\users\numerical25\desktop\intro todirectx\godfiles\gxrendermanager\gxrendermanager\gxrendermanager\gxdx.h(2) : error C2504: 'GXRenderer' : base class undefined
Below is the code that shows how the headers link with one another
GXRenderManager.h
#ifndef GXRM
#define GXRM
#include <windows.h>
#include "GXRenderer.h"
#include "GXDX.h"
#include "GXGL.h"
enum GXDEVICE {
DIRECTX,
OPENGL
};
class GXRenderManager {
public:
static int Ignite(GXDEVICE);
private:
static GXRenderer *renderDevice;
};
#endif
at the top of GxRenderManager, there is GXRenderer , windows, GXDX, GXGL headers. I am assuming by including them all in this document. they all link to one another as if they were all in the same document. correct me if I am wrong cause that's how a view headers. Moving on...
GXRenderer.h
class GXRenderer {
public:
virtual void Render() = 0;
virtual void StartUp() = 0;
};
GXGL.h
class GXGL: public GXRenderer {
public:
void Render();
void StartUp();
};
GXDX.h
class GXDX: public GXRenderer {
public:
void Render();
void StartUp();
};
GXGL.cpp and GXDX.cpp respectively
#include "GXGL.h"
void GXGL::Render()
{
}
void GXGL::StartUp()
{
}
//...Next document
#include "GXDX.h"
void GXDX::Render()
{
}
void GXDX::StartUp()
{
}
Not sure whats going on. I think its how I am linking the documents, I am not sure.
