Hello, I am working on a homework problem that has to do with inheritance, I thought that as long as the class interface and implementation files for the base classes the derived would work with the include statement:

include "salariedemployee.h"

and the line class administrator : public salaried employee.
I get no compiler or linker errors when I run this all together as posted, but when I take out the files for the Employee class and the SalariedEmployee class I get linker errors.
What am I doing wrong?

//This is the file administrator.h
//This is the interface for the class administrator
//The implementation for the class administrator is in 
//the header file administrator.h
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef ADMINISTRATOR_H
#define ADMINISTRATOR_H
#include "salariedemployee.h"
using namespace std;
using namespace employeessavitch;
class administrator : public SalariedEmployee
{
      public:
             administrator();
             //default constructor for the administrator class
             administrator(string the_name, string the_number, 
                             double weekly_salary, string the_title, 
                             string the_area,string the_supervisor,
                             double annual_sal);
             string get_title();
             //accsessor function that returns the admins title
             string get_responsibility();
             //accessor function that returns the admins area of responsibility
             string get_supervisor();
             //accessor function that returns the admins supervisor
             void set_supervisor(string the_supervisor);
             //mutator function that changes the admins supervisor
             void get_admin_data();
             //function to collect data about the admin from keyboard
             void print();
             //prints the administrators information on the screen
             void print_check();
             //prints the administrators correct paycheck


      private:
              string title;
              string area_responsibility;
              string supervisor;
      protected:
              double annual_salary;
};

#endif //ADMINISTRATOR_H     

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//This is the file Administrator.cpp
//This is the implementation for the class Administrator
//The interface for the class Administrator is in 
//the header file Administrator.h

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

administrator::administrator() :SalariedEmployee( ), title("no title yet"),
               area_responsibility("no area yet"), supervisor("no supervisor"),
               annual_salary(0)
{
    //deliberately empty
}

administrator::administrator(string the_name, string the_number, 
                             double weekly_salary, string the_title, 
                             string the_area,string the_supervisor,
                             double annual_sal):SalariedEmployee(the_name,
                             the_number, weekly_salary) 
{
    title = the_title;
    area_responsibility = the_area;
    supervisor = the_supervisor;
    annual_salary = annual_sal;
}

void administrator::get_admin_data()
{
     string temp_name, temp_number, temp_title, temp_area, temp_supervisor;
     double temp_salary;

     cout << "Please enter the following information:" << endl << endl
          << "Administrator name:";
     cin >> temp_name;
     cout << endl << "Social Security Number:";
     cin >> temp_number;
     cout << endl << "Job Title";
     cin >> title;
     cout << endl << "Area of responsibility:";
     cin >> area_responsibility;
     cout << endl << "supervisor Name:";
     cin >> supervisor;
     cout << endl << "Annual Salary";
     cin >> annual_salary;
     set_name(temp_name);
     set_ssn(temp_number);
}

void administrator::print()
{
     cout << "Administrator:" << get_name() << endl
          << "SSN:" << get_ssn() << endl
          << "Title:" << title << endl
          << "Area of Responsibility:" << area_responsibility << endl
          << "Supervisor Name:" << supervisor << endl
          << "Annual Salary:" << annual_salary << endl;
}

void administrator::print_check()
{
    set_net_pay(annual_salary/12);
    cout << "\n__________________________________________________\n";
    cout << "Pay to the order of " << get_name( ) << endl;
    cout << "The sum of " << get_net_pay( ) << " Dollars\n";
    cout << "_________________________________________________\n";
    cout << "Check Stub NOT NEGOTIABLE \n";
    cout << "Employee Number: " << get_ssn( ) << endl;
    cout << title << ". Monthly Pay: " 
         << get_net_pay() << endl; 
    cout << "_________________________________________________\n";
}

void administrator::set_supervisor(string the_supervisor)
{
     supervisor = the_supervisor;
}

string administrator::get_title()
{
       return title;
}

string administrator::get_responsibility()
{
       return area_responsibility;
}

string administrator::get_supervisor()
{
       return supervisor;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//This is the main testing file for the administrator class
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
using namespace employeessavitch;

int main()
{

system("pause");
return 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//This is the header file employee.h. 
//This is the interface for the class Employee.
//This is primarily intended to be used as a base class to derive
//classes for different kinds of employees.
#ifndef EMPLOYEE_H
#define EMPLOYEE_H

#include <string>
using namespace std;

namespace employeessavitch
{

    class Employee
    {
    public:
        Employee( );
        Employee(string the_name, string the_ssn);
        string get_name( ) const;
        string get_ssn( ) const;
        double get_net_pay( ) const;
        void set_name(string new_name); 
        void set_ssn(string new_ssn);
        void set_net_pay(double new_net_pay);
        void print_check( ) const;
    private:
        string name; 
        string ssn; 
        double net_pay;
    };

}//employeessavitch

#endif //EMPLOYEE_H

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//This is the file: employee.cpp. 
//This is the implementation for the class Employee.
//The interface for the class Employee is in the header file employee.h.
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include "employee.h"
using namespace std;

namespace employeessavitch
{
    Employee::Employee( ) : name("No name yet"), ssn("No number yet"), net_pay(0)
    {
        //deliberately empty
    }

    Employee::Employee(string the_name, string the_number) 
       : name(the_name), ssn(the_number), net_pay(0) 
    {           
        //deliberately empty
    }

    string Employee::get_name( ) const 
    {
        return name;
    }

    string Employee::get_ssn( ) const 
    {
        return ssn;
    }

    double Employee::get_net_pay( ) const 
    {
        return net_pay;
    }

   void Employee::set_name(string new_name)
    {
        name = new_name;
    }

    void Employee::set_ssn(string new_ssn)
    {
        ssn = new_ssn;
    }

    void Employee::set_net_pay (double new_net_pay)
    {
        net_pay = new_net_pay;
    }

    void Employee::print_check( ) const
    {
        cout << "\nERROR: print_check FUNCTION CALLED FOR AN \n"
             << "UNDIFFERENTIATED EMPLOYEE. Aborting the program.\n" 
             << "Check with the author of the program about this bug.\n";
        exit(1);
    }

}//employeessavitch

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

//This is the header file salariedemployee.h. 
//This is the interface for the class SalariedEmployee.
#ifndef SALARIEDEMPLOYEE_H
#define SALARIEDEMPLOYEE_H

#include <string>
#include "employee.h"

using namespace std;

namespace employeessavitch
{

    class SalariedEmployee : public Employee
    {
    public:
        SalariedEmployee( );
        SalariedEmployee (string the_name, string the_ssn,
                          double the_weekly_salary);
        double get_salary( ) const;
        void set_salary(double new_salary); 
        void print_check( );                        
    private:
        double salary;//weekly
    };

}//employeessavitch

#endif //SALARIEDEMPLOYEE_H

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


//This is the file salariedemployee.cpp.
//This is the implementation for the class SalariedEmployee.
//The interface for the class SalariedEmployee is in 
//the header file salariedemployee.h.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "salariedemployee.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace employeessavitch;

namespace employeessavitch
{
    SalariedEmployee::SalariedEmployee( ) : Employee( ), salary(0)
    {
        //deliberately empty
    }

    SalariedEmployee::SalariedEmployee(string the_name, string the_number,
                                  double the_weekly_salary)
                     : Employee(the_name, the_number), salary(the_weekly_salary)
    {
        //deliberately empty
    }

    double SalariedEmployee::get_salary( ) const 
    {
        return salary;
    }

    void SalariedEmployee::set_salary(double new_salary)
    {
        salary = new_salary;
    }

    void SalariedEmployee::print_check( )
    {
        set_net_pay(salary);
        cout << "\n__________________________________________________\n";
        cout << "Pay to the order of " << get_name( ) << endl;
        cout << "The sum of " << get_net_pay( ) << " Dollars\n";
        cout << "_________________________________________________\n";
        cout << "Check Stub NOT NEGOTIABLE \n";
        cout << "Employee Number: " << get_ssn( ) << endl;
        cout << "Salaried Employee. Regular Pay: " 
             << salary << endl; 
        cout << "_________________________________________________\n";
    }
}//employeessavitch

Are you trying to remove the .cpp file from your project?

I am trying to not use employee.h, employee.cpp, salariedemployee.h, salariedemployee.cpp directly in the same file. I am not sure why they wont work if they are in the same directory.

What do you mean by in the same file? Is all of this code in one file or is it seperate files and they are all in the same project?

When it works all of the code is combined in one file but I need them to work in seperate files, with the exception of the header file and .cpp file and the main testing file for the administrator class those can be combined.

What compiler/IDE are you using? Do you include the files when they are seperate into your project?

I am using devc++. I am not using a project, but they are in the same folder on my computer.

Is including all of the cpp file in a console application project all I need to do?

I have not used dev c++ but I know that in MSVC++ you have to add all of the files that you want compiled into the application into the project.

@szjna - In Dev-cpp (I think it's the same compiler) then you need to create a new "Project" rather than just having them in the same folder.

Thanks that solved it for me

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