--- In [email protected], "glogic_1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all > Im having a problem writing to text files. I am able to read > from them no problem but just cant write to it. > > struct sScore { > char cName[40]; > int score; > }TopTen[SCORES]; > > fstream OutFile; > OutFile.open("HighScore.txt",ios::in); > if (OutFile){ > while (!OutFile.eof()) > { > OutFile >> TopTen[iNumber].cName; > OutFile >> TopTen[iNumber].score; > iNumber++; > } > } > > The above code works fine for taking in player name and > score no prob but the below code, when im sending an > amended topten back out to the txt, just clears the txt > file completely > > OutFile.open("HighScore.txt",ios::out); <snip>
Of course your code overwrites the existing text. Why? Because you open the text file in output mode; this means: forget about the existing content and rewrite the file from scratch. What you probably need (I am no C++ expert) is something like OutFile .open( "HighScore.txt", ios::app); if you want to _append_ text to an existing file. I don't know for sure whether ios::app is correct; I just browsed through ios.h and found the constants in, out, and app there, so I hope it's correct. Regards, Nico
