How to declare and access method functions from different class files - c++

Question

So I'm writing a POS system for a project at school and I'm having trouble declaring the call method for each file to access the said methods
main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
int main()
{
AppUI UI;
SecuritySys SecSysFunc;
EditBook BookFunc;
UI.MainMenu();
}
AppUI.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "SecuritySys.h"
#include "AppUI.h"
#include "EditBook.h"
AppUI UI;
SecuritySys SecSysFunc;
EditBook BookFunc;
using namespace std;
void AppUI::MainMenu()
{
//variable declarations
int opt;
MenuStart:
system("CLS");
TitleHeader();
setTxtColor(10);
PageTitle("Main Menu");
string Menu[] = {"Add Books", "Search Books", "View Books", "Delete Book", "Exit"};
cout << "1.\tAdd Books" << endl;
cout << "2.\tSearch Books" << endl;
cout << "3.\tView Books" << endl;
cout << "4.\tDelete Books" << endl << endl;
cout << "0.\tExit";
cout << "\n\nEnter Option: ";
cin >> opt;
switch(opt)
{
case 1:
BookFunc.AddBook();
break;
case 2:
BookFunc.AddBook();
break;
case 3:
BookFunc.AddBook();
break;
case 4:
BookFunc.AddBook();
break;
case 0:
SecSysFunc.Logout();
break;
default:
cout << "Invalid option!";
sleep(1);
goto MenuStart;
}
}
AppUI.h
#ifndef APPUI_H
#define APPUI_H
class AppUI
{
public:
void MainMenu();
void AddBook();
void SearchBook();
private:
};
#endif // APPUI_H
EditBook.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "SecuritySys.h"
#include "AppUI.h"
#include "EditBook.h"
AppUI UI;
SecuritySys SecSysFunc;
EditBook BookFunc;
using namespace std;
void EditBook::AddBook()
{
system("CLS");
UI.AddBook();
}
SearchByTitle(string searchTxt)
{
cout << "Enter search by title code here";
system("pause");
UI.MainMenu();
}
EditBook.h
#ifndef EDITBOOK_H
#define EDITBOOK_H
class EditBook
{
public:
void AddBook();
void SearchBook();
void ViewBooks();
void DeleteBooks();
protected:
private:
};
#endif // EDITBOOK_H
SecuritySys.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "SecuritySys.h"
#include "AppUI.h"
#include "EditBook.h"
AppUI UI;
SecuritySys SecSysFunc;
EditBook BookFunc;
using namespace std;
void SecuritySys::Login()
{
UI.MainMenu();
}
void SecuritySys::Logout()
{
exit(0);
}
SecuritySys.h
#ifndef SECURITYSYS_H
#define SECURITYSYS_H
class SecuritySys
{
public:
void Login();
void Logout();
private:
};
#endif
When I add AppUI UI; SecuritySys SecSysFunc; EditBook BookFunc; to the top of AppUI.cpp EditBook.cpp and SecuritySys.cpp I get an error saying multiple definition of UI,SecSysFunc and the BookFunc. But if I don't add them at the top, then the BookFunc.AddBook(); for example, the method can't be recognized and therefor can't be called or used. What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

You are getting a multiple definition error because you are just redeclaring the objects UI, SecSysFunc and BookFunc. You need to make it clear to the compiler that these identifiers point to the same object. You can do so by picking one of the four declarations to be the definition, leave those lines as is. But to the declarations in other code files add extern before the declaration. This will tell the compiler to look in other linked object files for the definition of those objects