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Getting incomplete type in Dentist Appointment Program

mk92595 (10)
I am creating a Dental Appointment project and I am getting an error that says. field 'myPerson' has an incomplete type. How can I fix this?

Here is DentalAppointment.h.
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#ifndef DENTALAPPOINTMENT_H
#define DENTALAPPOINTMENT_H
#include "Person.h"
#include "Date.h"
#include "Time.h"
#include<string>
using namespace std;

class Person;
class DentalAppointment
{
    friend class Person;
    public:
        void appointmentTime(int,Time);
        DentalAppointment(string,string,int,int,int,int,int);
        void displayApp(Person,Date);
    private:
        int extra;
        Person myPerson;
        Date myDate;
        Time myTime;
};


Here is Person.h.
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#ifndef PERSON_H
#define PERSON_H
#include <string>
#include "DentalAppointment.h"
using namespace std;

class DentalAppointment;
class Person
{
    friend class DentalAppointment;
    public:
        Person();
        string getFirstName();
        string getLastName();
        void setFirstName(string);
        void setLastName(string);
        void showPerson();
    private:
        string firstName;
        string lastName;
};

#endif // PERSON_H

MikeyBoy (5631)
You have a circular dependency here. I don't think you need to include DentalAppointment.h in Person.h.

Also, I'd avoid having using namespace std; in a header file, for all the usual reasons people give.
mk92595 (10)
Sorry for the late reply. I was at work. That fixed my problem. Thanks!
MikeyBoy (5631)
You're welcome :)
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