# Pointer to incomplete class is not allowed on UInputComponent pointer in class derived from ACharacter

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**Category:** Pipeline & Plugins\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Visual-Studio, CPP, question\
**Created:** [June 8, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pointer-to-incomplete-class-is-not-allowed-on-uinputcomponent-pointer-in-class-derived-from-acharacter/395900 "2017-06-08T18:55:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pointer-to-incomplete-class-is-not-allowed-on-uinputcomponent-pointer-in-class-derived-from-acharacter/395900/2 "2017-06-08T19:57:10Z")

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Since you are in the .cpp file you do not declare forward with the “class” just leave it out. And of cource include InputComponent in the .cpp file.

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