Can't open save File!!

It seems that I can't open the save file, I have a checker in the code and it says Unable to open file. Can someone tell me why I can't open the file so that I can write to it.

Thank You

Code:

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#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())
       
        {

          cout << "Unable to open file.  Press <Enter> to quit." << endl;
          cin.get();
          return 1;
                   
               
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;

}//end main

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I have been trying to figure this out for over 2 days now, Any and help needed.

>if(inFile.is_open())
If the file is open you print an error saying that it's not open and terminate? ;)

>inFile.open("WACKOFILE.dat", ios::in);
inFile is an ifstream, you don't need to specify an open mode unless you need extra stuff like binary orientation.

>return 1;
1 isn't a portable return value. Perhaps EXIT_FAILURE from <cstdlib> would be more appropriate.

>while(!inFile.eof())
Bad idea. <stream>.eof() returns true only after a read attempt has failed, so you'll process the last valid record twice.