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<blockquote data-quote="WilliS" data-source="post: 25590"><p>any c++ gurus out there? i need help opening a text file on my desktop called text.txt...this is my code for one of my functions... it has an if the file open fail, than message that it failed...but i can never get it to work... what do i need to type to get to the file on the desktop??</p><p></p><p>void get_test_files(ifstream &in_s, ofstream &out_s) </p><p>// This function asks users to enter the input and output file names from the keyboard.* </p><p>// It will attempt to connect to the files and once successfully connected, it returns the input</p><p>// and output streams to the main.* If it fails to connect to the input or output file, it will terminate the program.</p><p>{</p><p>char originalFile [100];</p><p>cout << "Enter the file you wish to convert (ex: Macintosh HD\\Users\\williamlarrison\\Desktop):";</p><p>cin >> originalFile;</p><p>in_s.open(originalFile);</p><p> if(in_s.fail())</p><p> {</p><p> cout << "Open Failure. Quitting Program";</p><p> cout << originalFile;</p><p> exit(0);</p><p> }</p><p> else</p><p> cout << "WORKED";</p><p>}</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*crosses fingers and hopes someone programs in c++*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WilliS, post: 25590"] any c++ gurus out there? i need help opening a text file on my desktop called text.txt...this is my code for one of my functions... it has an if the file open fail, than message that it failed...but i can never get it to work... what do i need to type to get to the file on the desktop?? void get_test_files(ifstream &in_s, ofstream &out_s) // This function asks users to enter the input and output file names from the keyboard.* // It will attempt to connect to the files and once successfully connected, it returns the input // and output streams to the main.* If it fails to connect to the input or output file, it will terminate the program. { char originalFile [100]; cout << "Enter the file you wish to convert (ex: Macintosh HD\\Users\\williamlarrison\\Desktop):"; cin >> originalFile; in_s.open(originalFile); if(in_s.fail()) { cout << "Open Failure. Quitting Program"; cout << originalFile; exit(0); } else cout << "WORKED"; } *crosses fingers and hopes someone programs in c++* [/QUOTE]
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