Rectangle Class

[Maximus44]

Design a class. RectangleType, that can store the length and width of a rectangle. Provide appropriate functions for setting and getting the length and width as well as the calculating the perimeter and the area. The bottom, of a rectangular box is a rectangle. Design a class, BoxType, derived from RectangleType, which can capture the values of length, width, and height. Some of the operations that can be performed on a box are: calculate the volume and the total surface area, set and get the dimensions. Write a program to test the capabilities of RexctangleType and BoxType.

Here are my errors I know its quite a bit of them but please help me out!
Thank You

error C2059: syntax error : '?'
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'
error C2238: unexpected token(s) preceding ';'
error C2248: 'RectangleType::recLenght' : cannot access private member declared in class 'RectangleType'
see declaration of 'RectangleType::recLenght'
see declaration of 'RectangleType'
error C2248: 'RectangleType::recWidth' : cannot access private member declared in class 'RectangleType'
see declaration of 'RectangleType::recWidth'
see declaration of 'RectangleType'
error C2248: 'RectangleType::recLenght' : cannot access private member declared in class 'RectangleType'
see declaration of 'RectangleType::recLenght'
see declaration of 'RectangleType'
cannot access private member declared in class 'RectangleType'
see declaration of 'RectangleType::recWidth'
see declaration of 'RectangleType'
error C2248: 'RectangleType::recLenght' : cannot access private member declared in class 'RectangleType'
see declaration of 'RectangleType::recLenght'
see declaration of 'RectangleType'
'RectangleType::recWidth' : cannot access private member declared in class 'RectangleType'
see declaration of 'RectangleType::recWidth'
: see declaration of 'RectangleType'

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>

#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

class RectangleType

{

private: double recLenght;

	double recWidth;

	double perimeter;

	double recArea;

public:

RectangleType()

{

recLenght = 0;

recWidth = 0;

perimeter = 0;

recArea = 0;

}

void setRecLength()

{

	cout <<"Enter the length: ";


cin >> recLenght;

	if (recLenght < 1)

{

	cout <<"Please enter a positive number: ";

cin >> recLenght;

}

}

void setRecWidth()

{

	cout <<"Enter the width: ";


cin >> recWidth;

	if (recWidth < 1)

{

	cout <<"Please enter a positive number: ";

cin >> recWidth;

}

}

void setPerimeter()


{

perimeter = 2*recWidth +2*recLenght;

cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);

	cout <<" The perimeter of the rectangle is " << perimeter << endl;

}

	void setArea()

{

recArea = recLenght*recWidth;

	cout <<"The area of the rectangle is " << recArea << endl;

}

};

class BoxType:public RectangleType

{

private: 

RectangleType shape;


	double boxHeight;

	double boxVolume;

	double boxArea;

public:

BoxType()

{

boxHeight = 0;


boxVolume = 0;

boxArea = 0;

}

	void setBoxLength()

{

shape.setRecLength();

}

	void setBoxWidth()

{

shape.setRecLength();

}

	void setBoxHeight()


{

	cout <<"Enter the box height: ";

cin >> boxHeight;

	if (boxHeight < 1)

{

	cout <<"Please enter a positive number: ";

cin >> boxHeight;

}

}

	void setBoxVolume()

{

boxVolume = recLenght*recWidth*boxHeight;

cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);


	cout <<"The volume of the box is " << boxVolume << endl;

}

	void setBoxArea()

{

boxArea = 2*recLenght*recWidth + 2*recLenght*boxHeight + 2*recWidth*boxHeight;

cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);


	cout <<"The surface area of the box is " << boxArea << endl;

}

　

};

int main()

{

	RectangleType shape1;

	BoxType shape2;


shape1.setRecLength();

shape1.setRecWidth();

shape1.setPerimeter();

shape1.setArea();

cout << endl;

shape2.setBoxLength();

shape2.setBoxWidth();

shape2.setBoxHeight();

shape2.setBoxVolume();

shape2.setBoxArea();

	return 0;

}

[tipaye]

recWidth and recLenght (sic) are private in RectangleType, therefore, you cannot access them in BoxType.

To access them directly in BoxType as you've tried to, you have to reduce their privacy. Perhaps instead of making them private, make them protected.

There are of course much better ways of implementing what you're doing above, and I understand you may just be using this as a tool to examine and understand certain concepts, but give a bit more thought to the design.

Also, INDENTATION!