Thread: Loading chars from files problem

I'm having trouble loading some chars from a file... I made a code to previously save things into a file, and that works fine. I can't get the loading to work though ( like a load game function ). Here is the code :

Code:

type("What was your filename ?");
cin >> filename;

infile.open(filename, ios::nocreate);
infile >> firname;
infile >> lasname;
infile >> sex;
infile >> location;
infile >> weapon;
infile >> bplace;
infile >> bday;
infile >> bmonth;
infile >> byear;
infile >> age;

type("Your name :\n");
type(firname);
type("\n\nyour character's last name ?\n");
cout << lasname;
type("\n\ncharacter male or female ?\n");
cout << sex;
type("\n\nWhere is your character in the game ?\n");
cout << location;
type("\n\nWhat is your character's primary weapon ?\n");
cout << weapon;
type("\n\nWhat is your character's birthplace ?\n");
cout << bplace;
type("\n\nWhat is your character's birthday ? [Day only]\n");
cout << bday;
type("\n\nWhat is your character's birth month ?\n");
cout << bmonth;
type("\n\nWhat is your character's birth year ?\n");
cout << byear;
type("\n\nTherefore what is your character's age ?\n");
cout << age;
Sleep(500);
cin >> xit;

return 0;
}

This is only part of the code. All chars and ints have been declared. TYPE is a function for a typewriter effect, so treat it as cout.

Can anyone tell me why, when I launch this program, I get :

"Your name is :"


"Your age is :" etc..
instead of

"Your name is :"
"NAME"

"Your age is :"
"AGE".

Thanks for your help.

1. What do you mean by File Failed check ? Can you give me an example ?

2. Yes, reading data in the same order as I saved it, but when I go

cout >> "your name is" >> firname

or something of the type I get an empty line.

3. I declared :

char firname[50];

4. I was told never to put just one letter difference between characters cuz I could do typos etc...

What's the BOOL ReadData thing ? And what does return true / false do ?