i/o problem...

[Finchie_88]

Im new to C++, I no some basic, but changed language because basic was a bit too basic, anyway, I have a problem when making i/o files. I think the problem is the way that I open the files, because I use the "std::cin >> details;" and "cin.getline(details,256,'\n');" and "a_file << details;" in the source code, but when u try and open the file, it only shows the first word in the file. This is part of my source code, please tell me what you would do in this position...

WHEN MAKING THE FILE:-

void
create ()
{
  cout << "                     Please enter the ID number that you want to" << endl;
  cout << "                               Assign to this candidate" << endl;
  cout << "                              Candidate reference number:";
  cin >> ID;
  ofstream a_file(ID);

  cout << "" << endl;
  cout << "            Please input the data that you want to hold about this client" << endl;
  cout << "               Please begin the entry with a // and a space before typing" << endl;
  cout << "                                in your database entry" << endl;
  cout << "                              Please input the data here..." << endl;
  cout << "" << endl;
  std::cin >> details;
  cin.getline(details,256,'\n');
      a_file << details;

CODE WHEN OPENING THE FILE:-

void
view ()
{
    cout << "" << endl;
    cout << "             Please enter the reference number of the database file:" << endl;
    cin >> ID;
    cout << "" << endl;

    ifstream b_file(ID);
    cout << "" << endl;
    b_file >> details;
    cout << details;

Any ideas...

[Vicious]

a_file << details;

will only write the first thingie...

Try

a_file.write(details, strlen(details));

also

Im a littled worried about this...

std::cin >> details;
  cin.getline(details,256,'\n');

I am pretty sure you could just use the cin.getline method

[Finchie_88]

Nice try, but That doesn't change anything, the file still does the same thing, it still only shows the first word of the file, not the entire entry, not bad idea though, any more???

[Finchie_88]

If you can do it using the getline method, then what do you need to do, maybe I'm missing something else in my source code...

[Hunter2]

There is nothing wrong with a_file << details. The problem is with:
b_file >> details;

That will only read up to the first space in the file. Use b_file.getline(details, 256); instead.

Alternately, you could use std::string so that you won't be limited to 256 characters (or whatever size you're using):

WHEN MAKING THE FILE:-
 
void
create ()
{
cout << " Please enter the ID number that you want to" << endl;
cout << " Assign to this candidate" << endl;
cout << " Candidate reference number:";
cin >> ID;
ofstream a_file(ID);
 
cout << "" << endl;
cout << " Please input the data that you want to hold about this client" << endl;
cout << " Please begin the entry with a // and a space before typing" << endl;
cout << " in your database entry" << endl;
cout << " Please input the data here..." << endl;
cout << "" << endl;
std::string details;
std::cin >> details;
//cin.getline(details,256,'\n');
std::getline(cin, details);
a_file << details;
 
 
CODE WHEN OPENING THE FILE:-
 
void
view ()
{
cout << "" << endl;
cout << " Please enter the reference number of the database file:" << endl;
cin >> ID;
cout << "" << endl;
 
ifstream b_file(ID);
cout << "" << endl;
std::getline(b_file, details);
cout << details;

**EDIT** If you're using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, there's a glitch with std::getline that you need to fix yourself - see this article for details.