-> you have some code like this up there?
-> Employee *employee1;
-> employee1 = new Employee;
 PO> Hmmm i created the object automatically with something like
 PO> employee employee1;
 PO> So is it necessary to create the object manually with the pointer?
 
You don't have to create it manually if you don't wish to, but if you are 
going to pass a pointer to the object, you have to get it from somewhere. As 
it stands, you will have to pass the address of the object, not the object. 
 
Bruce
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