maybe it's just too late (class derivation)

[Moose or Chuck]

Howdy,<br><br>Maybe it's too late (2am) but I am having issues thinking this one out.  I have a class that is derived from a base class.  This class adds a special function that is not found in the base class.  I am having issues calling this special function from my container class which holds anything of the base class or the derived class. How can I tell it to use the method from the derived class?  <br><br>I think that question is totally unclear.  good luck deciphering my brain fart.<br><br>- Ketamine

[Dan East]

Okay, you lost me with the "container" class. You need to construct a class of the derived type, not the base type. Say you have a class CBase, and CDerived. You can't create a CBase and access members in CDerived. You need to create a CDerived. That may not answer your question because I don't understand where the containter class fits in.<br><br>Dan East

[Dips]

<br>Try this one --- <br>Now in container class u might have declared <br>an object of base class to access the derived class but base classs does not have direct link<br>to its derived class---instead of that declare<br>the object  of derived class...<br>hope this helps <br><br>Regards