Serial LCD Error Problem

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Helghast-Engineer:
Hello, I'm new here and I hope this is the right place to post this.

I'm using this code I found to try and use my 16x2 serial LCD I bought off of Sparkfun:

#include <SparkSoftLCD.h>

// LCD transmit pin
#define LCD_TX 2

SparkSoftLCD lcd = SparkSoftLCD(LCD_TX);

void setup() {

// setup lcd
 
pinMode(LCD_TX, OUTPUT);
lcd.begin(9600);
lcd.clear();

// hidden cursor
lcd.cursor(0);

show_setup();

delay(1000);

}

void loop() {

lcd.clear();
   
      // block-style blinking cursor
    lcd.cursor(2);
   
    lcd.print("Arming");
    delay(1500);
   
    lcd.clear();
   
      // hidden cursor
    lcd.cursor(0);
   
    lcd.print("16");
    lcd.cursorTo(2,1);
    lcd.print("---------------*");
   
    delay(1000);
   
    for( byte i = 15; i >= 1; i-- ) {
       
        lcd.scroll(false);
       
        // as we scroll left, we need to move our cursor to
        // the right to continue to show our countdown
        //
        // in this way, we achieve the sense that a fuse is getting
        // shorter...
        lcd.cursorTo(1,1 + (16 - i) );
        lcd.print(i, DEC);
       
        delay(1000);
     }
   
      // make last bit disappear
    lcd.scroll(false);
    delay(500);
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.cursorTo(2, 10);
    lcd.print("(boom)");
   
    delay(2000);
   
}

void show_setup() {
 
lcd.print("I am setting up!");

// send cursor to 2nd row, first column
lcd.cursorTo(2,1);

delay(500);

for (byte i = 0; i <= 15; i++ ) {
     delay(150);
       // scroll display to the right
     lcd.scroll(true);
}

delay(1500);
lcd.print("One more moment");

for (byte i = 0; i <= 15; i++ ) {
     delay(150);
       // scroll back to the left, revealing our new text
     lcd.scroll(false);
}

}





I keep getting the error: "SparkSoft LCD Does not name a type." 


Any advice? Thank you!

I believe your problem is with

SparkSoftLCD lcd = SparkSoftLCD(LCD_TX);

You should probably do it this way:

SparkSoftLCD lcd(LCD_TX);

or use the new operator after the equals sign assuming the arduino programming environment supports new. I am not sure. If it is standard C++ or even Java then it should.