Question : ClassWizard generated a class for me but used DECLARE_DYNCREATE(...) and declared my constructor as protected. Now, when a try to create an instance of the class I get the compiler error:
error C2248: 'CChkTbl::~CChkTbl' : cannot access protected member declared in class 'CChkTbl'
Answer : ClassWizard does this because the framework normally handles instantiation for you. i.e. if this is a CView derived class, normally the CDocumentTemplate instantiates the view during the default OnFileNew(), or when you call CxxxDocTemplate->OpenDocumentFile() or something similar. The framework does this so that it will give you an error message if you accidentally try to instantiate it yourself. If you really need to do instantiation outside of the CDocTempate framework, simply change the constructor to be public.
chucks@skypoint.com, programmer.tools, 8/12/95
Answer : The answer is that the DECLARE_DYNCREATE macro lays down a "protected:" directive and leaves it in place. One needs to make sure that anything following DECLARE_DYNCREATE should be "protected" too; if not, one needs to declare "public:" or "private:, as needed.
duane@anasazi.com, email, 8/15/95