How can I call an enclosing class's function?

Hi All,

I have a class, ConsoleWindow, that is a member of another class,
ConsoleLib, like so:
class ConsoleLib
{
public:
class ConsoleWindow
{
public:
ConsoleWindow(HANDLE Screen, COORD Start, COORD Size, bool Border);
~ConsoleWindow();
// etc.
}
void OutputString(char *String);
// etc.
}
How would I call a ConLib function from a ConsoleWindow constructor or
function?  I'm trying to call OutputString from ConsoleWindow's constructor.
Is there any way of doing this?

On a side note, should the subclass ConsoleWindow be public or private?

Thanks,
Eric

Use "ConsoleWindow::OutputString()".

Make ConsoleWindow private, then add public accessor-methods to
ConsoleLib to retrieve information from ConsoleWindow.



"Eric A. Johnson" <nothere@dontlookforme.com> wrote in message
news:ks31e.15551$C47.5018@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> Hi All,
>
>     I have a class, ConsoleWindow, that is a member of another class,
> ConsoleLib, like so:
> class ConsoleLib
> {
> public:
>     class ConsoleWindow
>     {
>     public:
>         ConsoleWindow(HANDLE Screen, COORD Start, COORD Size, bool
Border);
>         ~ConsoleWindow();
>         // etc.
>     }
>     void OutputString(char *String);
>     // etc.
> }
> How would I call a ConLib function from a ConsoleWindow constructor or
> function?  I'm trying to call OutputString from ConsoleWindow's
constructor.
> Is there any way of doing this?
>
> On a side note, should the subclass ConsoleWindow be public or private?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>