Help with School Project

Hi,

I'm a student and fairly new to C++. I need help with this school assignment. It's supposed to demonstrate fstream by reading the contents of different files and displaying them on the monitor. It works perfectly the first time, but after that I get an error message. Please help.

Thanx,
John Touron

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

class FILEMANIP
{
        char filePath[100];
        ifstream input;

public:
        void GetFilePath();
        void OpenFile() { input.open(filePath); }
        int CheckOpen();
        void DisplayContents();
        void CloseFile() { input.close(); }
;
} fileManip;

bool cont();

int main ()
{
        do
        {
                fileManip.GetFilePath();
                fileManip.OpenFile();
                fileManip.CheckOpen();
                fileManip.DisplayContents();
                fileManip.CloseFile();
        } while (cont());
       
        return 0;
}

bool cont()
{
        char x;
       
        cout << "Do you wish to display the contents of another file (Y/N)?  ";
        cin >> x;

        switch (toupper(x))
        {
        case 'Y':
                cout << endl;
                return true;
        default:
                cout << endl;
                return false;
        }
}

void FILEMANIP::GetFilePath()
{
        int x = 0;
       
        cout << "Enter path and file name of the file to be read from:\n\n";
        cin.getline(filePath,100);
       
        cout << endl;
}


int FILEMANIP::CheckOpen()
{
        if (input.fail())
        {
                cerr << "*** ERROR: Cannot open " << filePath
                        << " for input.\n";

                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        return 0;
}

void FILEMANIP::DisplayContents()
{
        char nextChar;

        input.get(nextChar);

        while (!input.eof())
        {
                cout << nextChar;
                input.get(nextChar);
        }
       
        cout << endl << endl;
}

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What is the error message?

Sorry for not posting the error message.

A window pops open with the following:

Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library

Debug Assertion Failed!

Program: ...isual Studio\MyProjects\B8A_inputFile\Debug\B8A_inputFil e.exe
File: fopen.c
Line: 54

Expression: *file !=_T('\0')

For information on... blah blah blah.

Abort Retry Ignore

Thanx