src files from Xcode give me error: does not name a type in CodeBlocks

Question

someone passed me an openFrameworks project src folder. The project has a class called "rectangle."

Inside the src folder there are main.h, testApp.cpp, testApp.h, rectangle.cpp, rectangle.h. I directly replace the src folder in my empty project, but the project won't compile.

I believe the search directories are right since the class files are also in the src folder.

However CB shows me the "error: Rectangle does not name a type" in testApp.h

 Rectangle myRect;

I already included the header files in testApp.h (#include "rectangle.h") and have the rectangle.h include ofMain.h

Not sure if I am doing the right way to include a class.

Thanks!

The testApp.h file:

The rectangle.h file:

The rectangle cpp:

file structure:

Answer 1

You don't give enough information so it is all speculation. However, my guess is that the barely visible ofBa... is the culprit! If this class happens to have a function called Rectangle, this names is found and it clearly isn't a type. Here is the short example you should have posted, demonstrating the problem:

class Rectangle
{
};

struct foo
{
    void Rectangle() {}
};

struct bar
    : foo
{
    Rectangle r;
};

One fix for the problem is to use ::Rectangle instead of Rectangle as this qualification forces the look-up at global scope.