Using Vectors in classes - public access

Hello,

I've got a VC++ project containing multiple classes and a main
function. In one of the class functions, it reads from a text file and
places the data into a vector;
//
std::vector<std::vector<std::string> > applications (50,
std::vector<std::string>(12));
applications[colArr][0] = "Test1";
applications[colArr][1] = "Test2";
//
Which works fine for that classes function, however, I need for other
functions of the class, or potentially other classes to be able to
access the applications vector, most likely done through friend-ing
and inheritance.
I seem to be unable to get the applications vector to be publicly or
even privately declared inside the main class definition. I've tried
placing the vector definition in both sections, it causes
error C2059: syntax error : 'constant'
when I do.
Is there something I'm missing with this?

Thanks,
- Andy

-- Copy of UpdateFileArray.h ---
#ifndef _UPDATEFILEARRAY_H_
#define _UPDATEFILEARRAY_H_

#include <string>
#include <vector>

class UpdateFileArray
{
    std::vector<std::vector<std::string> > applications (50,
std::vector<std::string>(12));
public:
    void UpdateArray();
    void ArrayLookUp();
    friend class SearchVehicle;
};
extern UpdateFileArray UFA;

#endif

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