I am getting this error and I don't know why...could someone help?
Code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
typedef unsigned long u_long;
typedef unsigned short u_short;
typedef unsigned char byte;
class CFile
{
private:
u_long fsize, mode;
char name[256];
fstream *file;
void GetSize()
{
file->close();
file->open(name, ios::in | ios::ate);
fsize = file->tellg();
file->close();
file->open(name, mode);
};
public:
CFile(char filename[256])
{
file = new fstream;
strcpy(name, filename);
mode = ios::in;
file->open(name, mode);
if( file->fail() )
{
cout <<"Could not open " <<name;
exit(0);
}
GetSize();
};
CFile(char filename[256], u_long openmode)
{
file = new fstream;
strcpy(name, filename);
mode = openmode;
file->open(name, mode);
if( file->fail() )
{
cout <<"Could not open " <<name;
exit(0);
}
GetSize();
};
u_long size() {return fsize;};
~CFile()
{
file->close();
delete file;
};
};
When I try to compile this, I get the following error messages from MSVC++ 6
Code:
d:\bcc55\projects\readfile\readfile.h(42) : error C2668: 'open' : ambiguous call to overloaded function
d:\bcc55\projects\readfile\readfile.h(53) : error C2668: 'open' : ambiguous call to overloaded function
d:\bcc55\projects\readfile\readfile.h(70) : error C2668: 'open' : ambiguous call to overloaded function
Any suggestions would be appreciated.