Thread: How would this look if I used fstream?

Hi ~

I found this code on Planet Source Code. It performs some file I/O to read ID3 tags in MP3 files. Here it is:

Code:

class ID3struct
        {
        public:
            char TID[3];
            char title[30];
            char artist[30];
            char album[30];
            char year[4];
            char comment[30];
            BYTE genre;

        }
        ID3Data;
        {
            HANDLE hFile;
            DWORD read;
            char ID3[128];
            hFile = CreateFile("bond.mp3",  // file to read
                               GENERIC_READ,   // open for reading
                               0, // do not share
                               NULL,// default security
                               OPEN_EXISTING,  // open file if exists
                               FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, // normal file
                               NULL);     // no attr. template

            SetFilePointer(hFile, -128, NULL, FILE_END);
            ReadFile(hFile, ID3, 128, &read, NULL);
            CloseHandle(hFile);
            memcpy(&ID3Data, ID3, 128);

        }

I don't actually understand anything that is going on here... I wonder if anyone could herlp me put this into fstream? (i.e. using #include <fstream.h>)

Thankyou so much, I hope that this isn't too much to ask...

~ Chris Howarth

Ah thankyou!