Trying to return a created .txt file

[Kackel]

Hi. I'm having trouble returning a .txt file that is being created and cant seem to get it to work. It will create it, but once i try to select it, it will: read it, delete it, and then recreates it.

void f1()
{
	cout << "\nName of data file: ";
	cin >> filename;

	inputFile.open("filename.txt");
	
	if (inputFile)
	{
		while (inputFile >> number)
		{
			cout << number << endl;
			cout << "File " << filename << " selected.";
		}

	inputFile.close();
	}
	else (outputFile);
	{
		cout << "\nFile not found, creating file\n\n";
		outputFile.open("filename.txt");
		outputFile.close();
	}

	system("pause");

	return filename;
}

Here is the main:

int main()
{
	int choice;
	string filename;

	a = rand() % 10 + 1;
	b = rand() % 10 + 1;
	c = rand() % 10 + 1;
	d = rand() % 10 + 1;
	e = rand() % 10 + 1;
	f = rand() % 10 + 1;
	g = rand() % 10 + 1;
	h = rand() % 10 + 1;
	i = rand() % 10 + 1;
	j = rand() % 10 + 1;

	srand(time(0));


	const int choice1 = 1,
		choice2 = 2,
		choice3 = 3,
		choice4 = 4,
		choice5 = 5,
		choice6 = 6,
		choice7 = 7;

	do
	{
		showmenu();
		cout << "Menu Choice: ";
		cin >> choice;

		while (choice < choice1 || choice > choice7)
		{
			cout << "Menu Choice: ";
			cin >> choice;
		}
		
		if (choice != choice7)
		{
			switch (choice)
			{
			case choice1:
				f1();
				break;
			case choice2:
				f2();
				break;
			case choice6:
				f6();
				break;
			}
		}

	}while (choice != choice7);

	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

[NUj6URfi]

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/ Look at the flags.