Help check my notes.

I try to keep up but I must have written down something wrong.

I get error C2661: 'std::basic_ifstream<_Elem,_Traits>:pen' : no overloaded function takes 0 arguments
with
[
_Elem=char,
_Traits=std::char_traits<char>
]
What does this mean?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
#include <conio.h>
#include <string>

int main()
{
     //Step01: Declare Memory Location
          ifstream InFile;
          ofstream OutFile;
          string MyWord;
     //Step02: Initialize Memory Location
          InFile.open("C:/Temp/TestData1.txt");
          OutFile.open("C:/Temp/TestData1.txt");
     //Step03: Do the Work
	if (!InFile.open())  //Boolean value (True/False)
	{
	     cout << "File does not exist" << endl;
	     getch();
	     exit (0);
                }
	InFile >> MyWord;
	cout << MyWord << endl;
	OutFile << MyWord;
	InFile >> MyWord;
	cout << MyWord << endl;
	OutFile << MyWord;
     //Step04: Wrap up and Exit
          cout << endl;
          getch();
          return 0;
}

Any hints?

> if (!InFile.open()) //Boolean value (True/False)
No parameters here (there should be)
I rather suspect you want to be testing something else if you're trying to detect whether the file was opened or not.

> if (!InFile.open()) //Boolean value (True/False)
Try:
if (!InFile.is_open()) //Boolean value (True/False)

...or just:

if(!inFile)

I rather suspect you want to be testing something else if you're trying to detect whether the file was opened or not.

I don't understand that comment. It seems to be standard procedure to check if everything is OK when you open a file for reading.

>I don't understand that comment.
What he means is the function inFile.open() doesn't check for an open file. All open() does is open a file.