c++ - Using malloc() and sizeof() to create a struct on the heap

I'm trying to use malloc() and sizeof() to create a struct on the heap. Here is my code:

#include 

#include 
#include 

struct Employee
{
    char first[21];
    char last[21];
    char title[21];
    int salary;
};



struct Employee* createEmployee(char* first, char* last, char* title, int salary) // Creates a struct Employee object on the heap.
{
    struct Employee* p = malloc(sizeof(struct Employee)); 

    if (p != NULL)
    {
        strcpy(p->first, first);
        strcpy(p->last, last);

        strcpy(p->title, title);
        p->salary, salary;
    }
    return p;

}

No my compiler (Visual C++) tells me for the line struct Employee* p = malloc(sizeof(struct Employee)); that the type "void *" can't be converted to the type "Employee *". I don't know what is wrong here. Seems as if struct Employee is a void but i don't understand why...

Answer

In C++ (since you are using Visual C++ to compile), you have to explicitly cast the pointer returned by malloc:

struct Employee* p = (struct Employee*) malloc(sizeof(struct Employee));