pointer issues

[itsjuan2001]

ok i am almost done with version 0.7 of my open engine that i am going to release soon (so look for it in project announcements forum)
I'm just having a problem with accessing the video driver pointer, i built off some off of the tutorials so its defined in main along with the device.
problem is, i need my sprite loading functions (among a few others) access it so i can call :

// draw intro bitmap, hack hack will replace this with a avi loader
// when i learn how to

driver->draw2DImage(intro, core::position2d<s32>(50,50), core::rect<s32>(0,0,342,224), 0, video::SColor(255,255,255,255), true);

i basically need a way to globally be able to call the driver pointer from any function within any class.
thank you for your help in advance

[hybrid]

You have to route the pointer to the method where you need it. Of course you could also use global variables, but this is not good style (and might lead to problems later on).

[itsjuan2001]

whats would be a good way of doing that?

[Baal Cadar]

I basically need a way, to globally be able, to call the driver pointer from any function within any class.

Do you really? I doubt that. This sounds like design flaw. Try to streamline your design in a way, that only a specific amount of components, for specific, clearly outlined tasks, need to access the video driver. It should then be easy to pass the driver to these class instances during initialisation.