Thread: Error opening file

I am getting these 2 errors when I try and open and write to a file
Could someone please help, I don't understand what it is that I am doing wrong. Also when I did get it to open I couldn't write to the file. Here is my code

Thank You

Project4b.obj : error LNK2005: _main already defined in Project4a.obj

fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found

[CODE]
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <algorithm>
int getNumbers(int &);


using namespace std;
int main()

{

//declare Variables

string clerkid = "";
string name = "";
string address = "";
string city = "";
string state = "";
string hyphfill = "";

int zip = 0;
int ssn = 0;
int visa = 0;
int pin = 0;

//opens file CCApp.txt

ifstream inFile;
inFile.open("WACKOFILE.dat", ios::in);
if(inFile.is_open())

{

getline(inFile,clerkid,'#');



while(!inFile.eof())

{

inFile>>ssn;
inFile.ignore(1);
getline(inFile,name,'#');
getline(inFile,address,'#');
getline(inFile,city,'#');
getline(inFile,state,'#');

inFile>>zip;
inFile.ignore(1);
inFile>>pin;
inFile.ignore(1);
inFile>>visa;
inFile.ignore(2);


cout<<left<<setw(25)<<setfill(' ')<<"NAME"<<" "<<setw(25)<<"ADDRESS"<<" "<<left<<setw(16)<<"CITY"<<" "<<setw(2)<<
left<<"ST"<<" "<<setw(5)<<left<<"ZIP";


cout<<left<<setw(25)<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<setw(25)<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<left<<setw(16)<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<setw(2)<<left<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<
setw(5)<<left<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill;

cout<<left<<setw(25)<<setfill(' ')<<name<<" "<<setw(25)<<address<<" "<<left<<setw(16)<<city<<" "<<setw(2)<<left<<state<<" "<<setw(5)<<right<<
setfill('0')<<zip<<endl;

cout<<setw(7)<<left<<"CLERKID"<<" "<<setw(9)<<left<<setfill(' ')<<"SSN"<<" "<<setw(4)<<left<<setfill(' ')<<"PIN"<<" "<<setw(5)<<left<<setfill(' ')<<"VISA"<<" "<<endl;

cout<<setw(7)<<left<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<setw(9)<<left<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<setw(4)<<left<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<setw(5)<<left<<setfill('-')<<hyphfill<<" "<<endl;

cout << setw(7) << left << setfill(' ') << clerkid
<<" "<<setw(9)<<right<<setfill('0')<<ssn<<" "<<setw(4)<<left<<setfill(' ')<<pin<<" "<<setw(5)<<left<<setfill(' ')<<visa<<" "<<endl;


cout<<endl;
cout<<endl;

getline(inFile,clerkid,'#');



}
}
else

{cout<<"File not opened"<<endl;}
inFile.close();

cout << endl;
return 0;
[Code]

You need to remove Project4a.cpp from your Visual Studio project (or makefile or linker arguments or whatever). It is trying to link Project4a and Project4b, both of which have main functions.

I got that problem solve. The problem now is that when it opens the file it will not let me write or reade from it, all it says is press any key to continue and when I press a key it closes the window.

The problem now is that when it opens the file it will not let me write or reade from it, all it says is press any key to continue and when I press a key it closes the window.