formatted file output

[ronin]

I could use some help in figuring out how to format the output of my program when writing to a file.

Bit of code

#include[fstream.h]
#include[iostream.h]

blah

int sum;
char inputRead;

ifstream inFile;
ofstream outFile;

if(inFile.fail())
blah

if(outFile.fail())
blah

blah

outFile << sum << endl;

What I'd like to do is to align the output to the right and fill smaller values with either a space or . So the output file would look like

....567
..8345
12456

I've tried using iomanip with stuff like

outfile.setiosflags(ios::right);
outFile << sum;

But it returns an error stating something about converting longs to something else. I don't recall the exact error. I'd appreciate any help or ideas.

TIA

[*ClownPimp*]

Im not exactly sure cause I dont use iostream stuff much anymore, but it goes something like this:

cout << setiosflags(ios::fixed) << setprecision(2);
cout << setfill('.');
cout << setw(10) << 45.56345 << endl;
cout << setw(10) << 456.43345 << endl;

or something like that

[vasanth]

you can also use something like cout<<" blah blah blah... /n";
the /n makes it to go to the next line