Thread: reading file weird access violation

the following is a part of my sprite loading function,
using vc++ .net 7

running in the debuger and running the debug exe it runs perfectly, running the release exe from the debuger runs perfectly but on running the release exe outside the debuger it crashes sumtimes not all the time after the log "Loaded sprite" and before the Archive is asigned,

all it could be is the fscanf or fgets i tried both thats y it looks messed up.

any help would be apreitiated.

p3p

Code:

	char tempfiledat[256],buffer[256];
	std::string filename,ofilename,Archive;
	int pause=0, r=0, g=0, b=0, w=0, h=0, x=0, y=0, Bx=0, By=0;
	FILE *fp;

	if(iniFile[0]=='.'){
		filename=parse("%s.ini", iniFile.c_str());
	}else{
		filename=parse("%s%s.ini", SPRITEDIR,iniFile.c_str());
	}
	
	Log(T_LOG,"Loading Sprite: \"%s\"", filename.c_str());

	if((fp=fopen(filename.c_str(), "r+")) == NULL){
		Log(T_ERROR,"opening file %s", filename.c_str());
		return -1;
	}
	//Log to see if crash is in file load
	Log(T_LOG,"Loaded Sprite: \"%s\"",filename.c_str());
	
	fscanf(fp, "BIN: %s", tempfiledat);
	fgets(buffer, 255, fp);
	Archive=parse(tempfiledat);

	fscanf(fp, "FILE: %s", tempfiledat);
	fgets(buffer, 255, fp);
	filename=parse(tempfiledat);
	
	fscanf(fp, "OVERLAY: %s", tempfiledat);
	fgets(buffer, 255, fp);
	ofilename=parse(tempfiledat);

mixing c and c++, you should pick one or the other and stick with
it.

while you go over that i will be converting your code to c++.

which i will post in a few.

in the code i posted i dotn think you will expereince that problem.

ok traced it to the file not staying open sumtimes, made the program check and try reopening it 10 times with a 500ms delay between atemps n it still fails, will get back 2 it later need sleep

well i wrote a inifile handling class and still had the same error until i added

Code:

bool PINIFile::active()
{
	int i=0;
	if(inifile.is_open() && inifile.good()){ return true; }

	while(!inifile.good() && i < 10){
		reinit();
		i++;
	}
	if(!inifile.good()){close(); return false; }
	return true;
}

bool PINIFile::reinit()
{
	if(wasinit)
	{
		close();
		SDL_Delay(500);
		Log(T_ERROR,"File %s Went Bad Trying to reopen",inifilename.c_str());
		inifile.clear();
		inifile.open((inifilename.c_str()));
	}
	else 
		return false;
	return true;
}

now it works fine apart from the ocasional error in the log file and delayed file opening, wonder y its loses the open stream, ..

p3p