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EDIT

Here is my new code:

class LibItem
{
public:
    //LibItem();
    //LibItem(string setItemTitle, string setItemAuthor, string setItemReleaseDate, string setItemCopyright, string setItemGenre, string setItemStatus)
    //{
    //  Title = setItemTitle;
    //  Author = setItemAuthor;
    //  ReleaseDate = setItemReleaseDate;
    //  Copyright = setItemCopyright;
    //  Genre = setItemGenre;
    //  Status = setItemStatus;
    //}
    //~LibItem(); //DO ******************
    virtual void PrintDetails() = 0;
    void setDetails(string setItemTitle, string setItemAuthor, string setItemReleaseDate, string setItemCopyright, string setItemGenre, string setItemStatus)
    {
        Title = setItemTitle;
        Author = setItemAuthor;
        ReleaseDate = setItemReleaseDate;
        Copyright = setItemCopyright;
        Genre = setItemGenre;
        Status = setItemStatus;
    }
    void setTitle(string TitleName)
    {
        Title = TitleName;
    }
    string getTitle()
    {
        return Title;
    }
    void setReleaseDate(string date)
    {
        ReleaseDate = date;
    }
    string getReleaseDate()
    {
        return ReleaseDate;
    }
    void setAuthor(string AuthorName)
    {
        Author = AuthorName;
    }
    string getAuthor()
    {
        return Author;
    }
    void setCopyright(string CopyrightDetails)
    {
        Copyright = CopyrightDetails;
    }
    string getCopyright()
    {
        return Copyright;
    }
    void setGenre(string GenreDetails)
    {
        Genre = GenreDetails;
    }
    string getGenre()
    {
        return Genre;
    }
    void setStatus(string StatusDetails)
    {
        Status = StatusDetails;
    }
    string getStatus()
    {
        return Status;
    }
private:
    string Title;
    string ReleaseDate;
    string Author;
    string Copyright;
    string Genre;
    string Status;
};

class Book : public LibItem
{
public:
    Book(string setItemTitle, string setItemAuthor, string setItemReleaseDate, string setItemCopyright, string setItemGenre, string setItemStatus, string setItemISBN)
    {
        setDetails(setItemTitle, setItemAuthor, setItemReleaseDate, setItemCopyright, setItemGenre, setItemStatus);
        setISBN(setItemISBN);
    }
    void setISBN(string ISBNDetails)
    {
        ISBN = ISBNDetails;
    }
    string getISBN()
    {
        return ISBN;
    }
    void PrintDetails()
    {
        cout << "Title: " << getTitle() << endl;
        cout << "Author: " << getAuthor() << endl;
        cout << "Release Date: " << getReleaseDate() << endl;
        cout << "Copyrite: " << getCopyright() << endl;
        cout << "Genre: " << getGenre() << endl;
        cout << "Status: " << getStatus() << endl;
        cout << "ISBN: " << getISBN() << endl;
    }

private:
    Book();
    string ISBN;

};

class DVD : public LibItem
{
public:
    DVD(string setItemTitle, string setItemAuthor, string setItemReleaseDate, string setItemCopyright, string setItemGenre, string setItemStatus, int setItemRunningTime, string setItemDirector, string setItemStudio, string setItemProducer)
    {
        setDetails(setItemTitle, setItemAuthor, setItemReleaseDate, setItemCopyright, setItemGenre, setItemStatus);
        setRunningTime(setItemRunningTime);
        setDirector(setItemDirector);
        setStudio(setItemStudio);
        setProducer(setItemProducer);
    }
    void setRunningTime(int RunningTimeDetails)
    {
        RunningTime = RunningTimeDetails;
    }
    int getRunningTime()
    {
        return RunningTime;
    }
    void setDirector(string DirectorDetails)
    {
        Director = DirectorDetails;
    }
    string getDirector()
    {
        return Director;
    }
    void setStudio(string StudioDetails)
    {
        Studio = StudioDetails;
    }
    string getStudio()
    {
        return Studio;
    }
    void setProducer(string ProducerDetails)
    {
        Producer = ProducerDetails;
    }
    string getProducer()
    {
        return Producer;
    }
    void PrintDetails()
    {
        cout << "Title: " << getTitle() << endl;
        cout << "Author: " << getAuthor() << endl;
        cout << "Release Date: " << getReleaseDate() << endl;
        cout << "Copyrite: " << getCopyright() << endl;
        cout << "Genre: " << getGenre() << endl;
        cout << "Status: " << getStatus() << endl;
        cout << "Running Time: " << getRunningTime() << endl;
        cout << "Director: " << getDirector() << endl;
        cout << "Studio: " << getStudio() << endl;
        cout << "Producer: " << getProducer() << endl;
    }

private:
    DVD();
    int RunningTime;
    string Director;
    string Studio;
    string Producer;

};

And this is my code to use the above classes:

LibItem *test;
test = new DVD("TestDVD","Test Author","01-01-2012","TestCopyright","TestGenre","TestStatus","120","TestDirector","TestStudio","TestProducer");
test->PrintDetails();

I am getting this error:

[BCC32 Error] Question 5.cpp(200): E2285 Could not find a match for ‘DVD::DVD(const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *,const char *)’

Can I please have some information on why this error is happening and how to fix it?

Answer 1

Your latest error is because your constructor for DVD takes 6 strings, 1 int then 3 more strings.

In passing

test = new DVD("TestDVD","Test Author","01-01-2012",
  "TestCopyright","TestGenre","TestStatus","120","TestDirector",
  "TestStudio","TestProducer");

You are giving 10 strings. "120" and 120 are very different things — the first is a string which says 120, the second is an int with the value 120. C++ will not automatically convert between them.

Try this instead:

test = new DVD("TestDVD","Test Author","01-01-2012",
  "TestCopyright","TestGenre","TestStatus",120,"TestDirector",
  "TestStudio","TestProducer");