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basic classes question

I have a class C1 with CString aaa (public)
I have a class C2 which needs to display aaa.

I tried the following:
1/
include C1.h in my C2 implementation file
declare aaa static (since it is allways the same once it is set by a function of C1)
from in C2: MessageBox(C1::aaa,"eee",0);
this gave error:

2/
C1 first;
C2 second;
C1.aaa="test";
from in C2: MessageBox(first.aaa,"eee",0);

neither of the two worked.

so, if I prefer not to declare aaa global, how should I access aaa from C2 ??

Thanks in advance.

Jaime Olivares

That should work... which error message? please be more specific.

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when it is static it says:
Page1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class CString CPage1::m_strSelectedFolder" (?m_strSelectedFolder@CPage1@@2VCString@@A)
fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

hemakumar, when I tried to declare it in OnInitDialog I had those errors (the same as above):
_UI_2_Dlg.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class CString CPage1::m_strSelectedFolder" (?m_strSelectedFolder@CPage1@@2VCString@@A)
Page1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class CString CPage1::m_strSelectedFolder" (?m_strSelectedFolder@CPage1@@2VCString@@A)
Release/_UI_2_.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

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