ifstream can't open file

[Murasama]

Hi there,

Im trying a simple file IO operation in Visual Studio .NET 2003 and it
can't seem to open the file.
If I run the exe in the debug directory it works fine but if I click
the start button (blue arrow) then it fails to open the file.

any ideas?

source:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;


int main(){

ifstream in;
in.open("test.txt");
char str[80];

if(in.is_open()){
cout << "open ok" << endl;
in >> str;
cout << str;
cout << "printed?" << endl;
}
else
cout << "could not open file" << endl;

for(;;

return 0;

}

 

[Gang Ji]

Try to copy your file from debug directory to the parent directory of
debug (where the project file lives).

Best,
Gang

 

[Murasama]

Thanks a lot, that worked.

As soon as I read your post I immediately remembered about the "working
directory" settings in the project properties.

Thanks again.

 

[Kai-Uwe Bux]

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;


int main(){

ifstream in;
in.open("test.txt");
char str[80];

if(in.is_open()){
cout << "open ok" << endl;
in >> str;
cout << str;
cout << "printed?" << endl;
}
else
cout << "could not open file" << endl;

for(;;

return 0;

}

Did you make sure that there is a file "test.txt"?


Best

Kai-Uwe Bux