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How to read a text/binary file

I am quite new to visual studio IDE and .net.

I am writing a program in C using Visual Studio 2005 environment.

The program simply reads from a text file and prints out.

Here is the syntax:

-------------------------------------------- snip --------------------------

#include "stdafx.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
      FILE *myfile;
      char buffer[256];

      myfile = fopen("c:\testread.txt","rt");

      if myfile != NULL
      {
            while fgets(buffer, 256, myfile) !=NULL)
                  printf("%s", buffer);
            fclose(myfile);
      }
      return 0;
}

{The top 2 lines were added by the compiler during compilation.}

------ Rebuild All started: Project: filetest, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Deleting intermediate and output files for project 'filetest', configuration 'Debug|Win32'
Compiling...
stdafx.cpp
Compiling...
filetest.cpp
c:\markov\cprograms\filetest\filetest\filetest.cpp(12) : warning C4996: 'fopen' was declared deprecated
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\stdio.h(234) : see declaration of 'fopen'
Message: 'This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using fopen_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE. See online help for details.'
c:\markov\cprograms\filetest\filetest\filetest.cpp(14) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'myfile'
c:\markov\cprograms\filetest\filetest\filetest.cpp(15) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
c:\markov\cprograms\filetest\filetest\filetest.cpp(16) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'fgets'
c:\markov\cprograms\filetest\filetest\filetest.cpp(16) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
Build log was saved at "file://c:\markov\CPrograms\filetest\filetest\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
filetest - 4 error(s), 1 warning(s)
========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

The reason I wrote it in C is bec I am not familiar with C++.

I would like the gurus to help me out in

1. Fixing the C code
2. Rewriting in C++.net

Thanking you

Mark

AlexFM

#include "stdafx.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
FILE *myfile;
char buffer[256];

errno_t e = fopen_s(&myfile, "c:\testread.txt", "rt");

if ( e != 0 )
{
printf("Error opening file");
return 0;
}

// ??
while ( fgets(buffer, 256, myfile) !=NULL )
{
printf("%s", buffer);
}

fclose(myfile);

return 0;
}

This is compiled successfully, but will not work for binary file. You cannot read inary file using string operations. Replace fgets with _fgetchar for binary files. I think for text files this is OK.

markov123

ASKER

Thanks, compiles ok, but I cannot seen to read the file. I made sure the file is in the right directory and the right filename and everything else.

Sorry for sounding so stupid, but I do get to my error message which says file cannot be read. Where have I gone wrong

Thanks in advance.

Mark

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markov123

ASKER

Yes, I just managed to figure that out :).

Thanks for your help, everything works fine.