Problem with .dat file...

Hey guy's...

Anyway's, none of my coder friend's are online and i really need some help.. When I start my program, it create's a .dat file.. The file is supposed to store all the information that I write in my program.. Problem is that once I close the program and re-open it it's not there.. The .dat file is blank (0Kb's) so it has to be some stupid error i have done.. If you can show me how to fix it I would really appreciate it.. Thank's...

Pic of the program when ran:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...iosProgram.jpg

Code:

/*Nitto Revolution Ratio's*/

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

// This structure defines the car stats.
struct SCar
{
	char car[30];
	char user[30];
	float gear1, gear2, gear3, gear4, gear5, gear6, final, et;
};

int menu()
{
	std::cout << "\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------\n";
	std::cout << "What would you like to do?\n1) Add a car.\n2) View all cars.\n0) Quits\n";
	std::cout << "-------------------------------------------------\n\n";
	int selection;
	std::cin >> selection;
	return selection;
}

SCar CreateCar()
{

	SCar car;
	
	std::cout << "\nCar name?: ";
	std::cin.ignore();
	std::cin.getline(car.car, 29);


	std::cout << "User?: ";
	//std::cin.ignore();
	std::cin.getline(car.user, 29);

	std::cout << "Gear one?: ";
	std::cin >> car.gear1;

	std::cout << "Gear two?: ";
	std::cin >> car.gear2;

	std::cout << "Gear three?: ";
	std::cin >> car.gear3;

	std::cout << "Gear four?: ";
	std::cin >> car.gear4;

	std::cout << "Gear five?: ";
	std::cin >> car.gear5;

	std::cout << "Gear six?: ";
	std::cin >> car.gear6;

	std::cout << "Final?: ";
	std::cin >> car.final;

	std::cout << "ET?: ";
	std::cin >> car.et;

	return car;
}

void printcar(SCar* pCar)
{
	printf("%s::%s \n\t%.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f \n", pCar->car, pCar->user, pCar->gear1, pCar->gear2, pCar->gear3, pCar->gear4, pCar->gear5, pCar->gear6, pCar->final, pCar->et);
}



int main()
{
	std::cout << " /-------------------------------------\\ \n";
	std::cout << "<------- Nitto Revolution Ratio's -------> \n";
	std::cout << "<-------  Coder: ArtificialAimer  -------> \n";
	std::cout << " \\-------------------------------------/ \n";
	int i, totalcars = 0;
	SCar* pCars = 0;

	std::fstream file;
	file.open("Ratios.dat", std::fstream::out | std::fstream::binary);
	file.seekg(0);
	file.read((char*)&totalcars, sizeof(int));
	pCars = new SCar[totalcars];
    file.read((char*)pCars, sizeof(SCar) * totalcars);

	while((i = menu()) != 0)
	{
		switch(i)
		{
		case 1:
			{
				
				SCar* pCarsTemp  = new SCar[totalcars+1];
				memcpy(pCarsTemp, pCars, sizeof(SCar) * totalcars);
				delete[] pCars;
				pCars = pCarsTemp;
				pCars[totalcars] = CreateCar();
				totalcars++;

				file.seekp(0);
				file.write((char*)&totalcars, sizeof(int));
				file.write((char*)pCars, sizeof(SCar) * totalcars);
				break;
			}
		case 2:
			{
				for(int j = 0; j < totalcars; ++j)
					printcar(&pCars[j]);

				

				break;
			}
		default:
			break;
			//nothing
		}
	}

	file.close();
	return 0;


}

Code:

	
        file.open("Ratios.dat", std::fstream::out | std::fstream::binary);
	file.seekg(0);
	file.read((char*)&totalcars, sizeof(int));

You are setting open to

Code:

std::fstream::out

then you are reading it in

Okay, I am kinda new to C++, so what exactly does that mean? Do I need to change anything? Sorry, but Im not sure what your trying to tell me to do...

well you told your program to open the .dat file for output. Then you tried to read in the file which shouldnt work because there is nothing in the file (it has just been made). Then you used the ammount of total cars (currently 0 because file has just been made), and it created an array of [0] lenght.

Well, how should i rewrite it?

I was just looking through your code in my compiler and noticed that if you want to keep adding to the .dat file you should add this to your open parameters:

Code:

std::fstream::app

Also, I would check if there is an existing .dat file first, if there is than read in the number of cars and their individual data.

If it doesnt exist then make the .dat file.

Sorry im not that familiar with some of the C-syntax you are using

Well, i have no idea how to do this stuff.. This was supposed to be a simple project but it's gottin really complicated for me...

http://www.cppreference.com/io_flags.html#mode_flags