A problem in my fileopener

[EvBladeRunnervE]

I am having a problem. How can I set up a program so that a user can enter what file he wants to read, including the path.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <string>

int main(void)
{
char szInputString[1000];
  char szBuffer[10000];
  FILE *input_file, *out_file = stdout;


  cout << "please enter the text file you would like to read: \n";
  cin >> szInputString;
  if ((input_file = fopen(szInputString, "r"))==NULL) {
    return 1;
  }
  while ((fgets (szBuffer, sizeof szBuffer, input_file)) != 0)
  {

	  fprintf (out_file, " \n %s", szBuffer);
  }
	  fclose (input_file);
  
  return 0;
}

with the code above, I cant even open it from diff directories.

[Vber]

You're writing in C++ or C? (cin and cout) are C++
Anyway, what is your input? when you write the path, he exit the program, or just the fgets() part aren't working well?

[EvBladeRunnervE]

say, if the use inputs a name that is in the directory by just saying "untitled.txt" for example, it loads up. what I want someone to be able to do is say, type "C:\programming files\untitled.txt" which currently now ends the program.

[Vber]

try double slashes on the input:

C:\\file.txt

Or, try like this too:

C:/file.txt

I don't know about "cin", if he add's something to the string, like fgets() and '/n' at the end of the file.

[Hammer]

Use this to find out why your file isn't opening:

>>perror(szInputString);