basic file creation and appending.. ofstream vs. WriteFile

Hello, i am making a basic program and I need to create a new file and add a couple lines to it. (C++)

I have tried something similar to this, with writefile (WriteFile Function (Windows))

(i dont have the code with me but this is the gist of it)

Code:

string buffer = "line1\nline2";
HANDLE hf = CreateFile( ..... ); // open with write attribute, Create_always
LPDWORD lpNumberOfBytesWritten;
WriteFile(hf, buffer.c_str(), buffer.length(), lpNumberOfBytesWritten, NULL);

For some reason this code ALWAYS skips the newline character in the buffer, and the file ends up containing the following, which screws up the rest of my program.

Code:

line1line2

Now I am sure that ofstream won't let me down if I use it, but I was wondering if theres any disadvantage to using ofstream opposed to WriteFile since I am only using basic options. This is a windows program, would I run into any problems using ofstream?

Besides ofstream does anyone see what is wrong with how I am using WriteFile?

thanks!

An end-of-line sequence on windows is "\r\n", not "\n". Had you been using an ofstream, and std::endl, it would have been handled for you automatically.

I'm confused. If you aren't doing any "funny business" why would you even CONSIDER using a platform-specific function?

ah brewbuck thanks, I didn't notice this detail!!

now, why am I using a platform specific function ? I don't know, I figured since I already had to use other windows stuff that i might as well use WriteFile. It ended me up with a headache thats all.

thanks again!