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error C3861: 'paint_Menu': identifier not found

mister2018 (11)
What do this error means

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  int numInList;
 
void addName()
{
	if (numInList < MAX)
	{
		system ("CLS");
		cout << "Enter Name: ";
		cin >>  list[numInList].name;
		
		cout << "Enter IC number: ";
		cin >> list[numInList].ic;
		
		cout << "Enter State: ";
		cin >> list[numInList].state;
		
		cout<<"Enter Contact number:";
		cin >> list[numInList].num;
		
		numInList++;
	}
	else
	{
		cout << "List full\n";
	}
}
 
void printOneName(int i)
{	
	int choice;
	system ("CLS");
	cout << endl;
	cout << list[i].name << endl;
	cout << list[i].ic << endl;
	cout << list[i].state << endl;
	cout << list[i].num << "\t"<<endl;
	cout<<"1 Back to MainMenu";
	cin>>choice;
	switch(choice)
	{	case 1:
			paint_Menu();
			break;
	}
}
 
void printNames()
{	int i;
	int choice;
	if(numInList<=0)
	{
		system("CLS");
		cout<<"List is empty\n";
		cout<<"1 Back to MainMenu";
		cin>>choice;
		switch(choice)
	{	case 1:
			paint_Menu();
			break;
	}
	}	

	else
		{
		system ("CLS");
		for (i=0; i < numInList; i++)
		printOneName(i);
	
		cout<<"1 Back to MainMenu";
		cin>>choice;
		switch(choice)
	{	case 1:
			
		paint_Menu();
			break;
	}
		cout << endl;
}
}

 
void findName()
{
	char s[20];
	int i;
	int found=0;
 
	if (numInList==0)
	{
		cout << "List empty\n";
	}
	else
	{
		cout << "Enter name to find: ";
		cin >> s;
		for (i=0; i < numInList; i++)
		{
			if (strcmp(s,list[i].name)==0)
			{
				printOneName(i);
				found=1;
			}
		}
		if (!found)
			cout << "No match\n";
	}
}
 
void paint_Menu(int i)
{
system ("CLS");
cout<<"*******************************************************"<<"\n";
cout<<"*        *                           *                  *"<<"\n";
cout<<"*      *           Welcome   to            *            *"<<"\n";
cout<<"*    *         Emmanuel Travel Agency            *      *"<<"\n";
cout<<"*        *                                   *          *"<<"\n";
cout<<"*******************************************************"<<"\n";
cout<<"Select number to perform action(1-5)"<<"\n";
cout<<"[1] Register Customer"<<"\n";
cout<<"[2] Display Customer Details"<<"\n";
cout<<"[3] Search Customer Details"<<"\n";
cout<<"[4] Modify Customer Details"<<"\n";
cout<<"[5] Quit"<<"\n";
}
 
int main()
{
	char choice[10];
	int done=0;
	numInList=0;
	while (!done)
	{
		paint_Menu(int i);
		cin >> choice;
		switch(choice[0])
		{
			case '1':
				addName();
				break;
			case '2':
				printNames();
				break;
			case '3':
				findName();
				break;
			case '4':
				done=1;
				break;
			case '5':
				done=1;
				break;
			default:
				cout << "invalid choice.\n";
		}
	}
}
Repeater (3046)
It means that when the compiler got to line 41, it had no idea what paint_Menu was. The compiler needs to know what paint_Menu is before using it.
mister2018 (11)
@repeater
Isn't my paint_menu function there ?
how come ..
Repeater (3046)
The compiler starts reading at the top.

It gets to line 41. Where, in the previous 40 lines, did it learn what paint_Menu is? Nowhere. The compiler needs to see the function definition or declaration before having to use it.
mister2018 (11)
@Repeater Okay.Thanks for guiding
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