Let me save you some trouble.
Visual C++
Projects using the .NET framework are C++/CLI projects. If you are using it, you should know because you selected what kind of project you are making. At any rate, C++/CLI is not default behavior from the C/C++ compiler, as far as I know. I can say with certainty that a C project wouldn't be compiled with C++/CLI.
> Salem, your code does not compile, the IDE(Code::Blocks) keeps saying that LARGE_INTEGER is an unknown type and so is HANDLE and that #ifdef is unterminated.
Yeah, that's my fault.
A severe over-estimation of your abilities.
I just cobbled together some ideas to show the concept, and hoped you were far enough advanced to make sense of it (based on your "I want to write portable code").
But since you're barely able to crawl (let alone fly), you need precise hand-holding every step of the way.
"I felt a great disturbance in the Source, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced"printf("ENTER [path] file name.ext:\n");
gets(file_name);
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
I saw the "gets" as well.
Yucky.
Fact - Beethoven wrote his first symphony in C
Sorry Salem, I am just a beginner. Please pardon me.
Sorry about the gets; I just Google for MinGW C example.Originally Posted by Salem
FYI: I could not get MinGW to work with GetFileSizeEx call; it kept saying it was not prototyped right.
Edit: I am 90% positive I was just missing a header or a correct define; but, gave up for Google tello.
FAQ > Why gets() is bad / Buffer Overflows - Cprogramming.com
Tim S.
"...a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are,in short, a perfect match.." Bill Bryson
