Thread: File Reading and storing to 1 variable

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    ok i think i got further this time

    Code:
    		fseek(fal, 0, SEEK_END);
    		pos = ftell(fal);
    		fseek(fal, 0, SEEK_SET);
    		fread(&ReadTxt , pos , 1 , fal);
    		_stprintf(testt , _T("%d") , pos);
    		SendMessage(hwndList , WM_SETTEXT , (WPARAM)sizeof(ReadTxt) , (WPARAM)ReadTxt);
    		MessageBox(0 , testt , _T("test") , 0);
    the messagebox is showing the correct size but its setting the text as all wide chars

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    > SendMessage(hwndList , WM_SETTEXT , (WPARAM)sizeof(ReadTxt) , (WPARAM)ReadTxt);
    SendMessage(hwndList , WM_SETTEXT , (WPARAM)pos , (WPARAM)ReadTxt);

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    still not working

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    also i had 2 WPARAM's i changed it to

    Code:
    SendMessage(hwndList , WM_SETTEXT , (WPARAM)pos , (LPARAM)ReadTxt);
    and still no luck

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    try this:
    *((char *) (rand()) = 0;

    then run it until it works

    e: oh well

    char stuff[124124];
    int pos;
    FILE * file = open me a file;

    fread(stuff, 124124, 1, file);
    fseek(file, 0, seek_end);
    pos = ftell(file);
    stuff[pos] = 0;

    printf(stuff);
    Last edited by ggs; 07-12-2004 at 02:22 PM. Reason: optimization
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    i dont think that will help.

    this program works fine in C but soon as its with unicode it goes nuts

    Code:
                    int pos;
    		TCHAR SaveTxt[2048];
    		TCHAR ReadTxt[128];
    		TCHAR testt[128];
    		FILE *fal;
    
    		fal = fopen("users.txt" , "rw");
    
    		if(fal == NULL){
    			MessageBox(0 , _T("list not found") , _T("Error") , 0);
    		}
    
    		fseek(fal, 0, SEEK_END);
    		pos = ftell(fal);
    		fseek(fal, 0, SEEK_SET);
    		fread(&ReadTxt , pos , 1 , fal);
    		_stprintf(testt , _T("%d") , pos);
    		SendMessage(hwndList , WM_SETTEXT , (WPARAM)pos , (LPARAM)ReadTxt);
    		MessageBox(0 , testt , _T("test") , 0);
    thats all of it.
    its like its showing the buffer for ReadTxt because if i change the Arraysize on Readtxt say to 2 then it only shows 2 wierd widechar characters but if i keep it t hat big it shows a whole lot of it

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    fread(addresstoreadto, sizeofrecord, numberofrecords, file)

    that is to say, stop using windows
    Last edited by ggs; 07-12-2004 at 02:26 PM.
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    fread(addresstoreadto, sizeofrecord, numberofrecords, file)
    ?
    i have all of that right.

  9. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by Rare177
    i dont quiet understand fread right is it

    fread(variable , eof , startof , file);

    ?
    No. Don't program randomly, but learn to get and read information.

    google "man fread" gives (1st answer) :
    Code:
    size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
    ptr: The address of the destination block of data.
    size: the size of an element of data
    nmemb : the number of elements of data
    stream: the stream object address.
    return: the actual number of read elements

    Say :
    Code:
    char a[123];
    size_t read_nb = fread (a, 1, 123, fp);
    1 : means one char
    123 : means 123 / 1 elements

    Could have been written:
    Code:
    char a[123];
    size_t read_nb = fread (a, sizeof *a, sizeof a / sizeof *a, fp);
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rare177
    ?
    i have all of that right.
    very sorry, i didn't read your snippet until after i posted
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    i understand how it works now but here ill show u something.

    //////////////////////////////
    TCHAR ReadTxt[128];
    comesup with

    獤獦㈴㈲婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚 婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚 婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚婚

    ///////////////////////////////

    TCHAR ReadTxt[2048];
    comes up with

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????
    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????
    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????
    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????

    its like the buffer is becoming the variable data

  12. #27
    Quote Originally Posted by Rare177
    i understand how it works now but here ill show u something.

    //////////////////////////////
    TCHAR ReadTxt[128];
    comesup with

    獤獦㈴㈲婚婚<...>

    ///////////////////////////////

    TCHAR ReadTxt[2048];
    comes up with

    ??????<...>

    its like the buffer is becoming the variable data
    Please don't copy and paste long strings of random data...

    The value of a variable defined in a bloc is undefined.

    Try this:
    Code:
    TCHAR ReadTxt[2048] = {0};
    It makes things clear. (Filled up with 0's).
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    sorry about the long strings.

    i think that helped abit becuase now instead of getting heap of 2048 chars i got 獤獦㈴㈲

    but its still not working

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    im going to get some rest and will work on it when i get up ,
    thanks every one for the help

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    Quote Originally Posted by ggs
    t_fpos position;
    fseek(file, 0, seek_end); // end of file
    position = ftell(file); // grab position
    fseek(file, 0, seek_set); // back to start
    ftell() does not return t_fpos, it returns a long.
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