Where to put a txt-file?

[int main]

hello,

I am trying to do read and write with a textfile.
But my compiler does not seem to find it.

	char* Text;
        fstream MyFile;
	MyFile.open("HighScore.txt",ios::out);
	if (!MyFile.good()) Text="bla";
	else
	{
		MyFile>>Text;
	};
	MyFile.close();

Even if I use MyFile.open("C:\HighScore.txt") it dowsn't work.
The compiler always prompts "bla" so it tells me that it doesn't find my file.
Where do I have to put it. Or am I missing something?

I am using VS 2008 Expr. Edt.

int main

[Duthomhas]

In fact, that code is guaranteed to fail at some point on at least three different levels.

You must allocate space for strings before you use them. But as QWERTYman suggested, you would simply be better off using a std::string.

Also, use << for output, and >> for input.

It might be worth your while to read and write to a deque of high scores:

#include <deque>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

struct highscore
  {
  string        name;
  unsigned long score;
  };

istream& operator >> ( istream& ins, highscore& hs )
  {
  ins >> hs.score;
  ins >> skipws;
  getline( ins, name );
  return ins;
  }

ostream& operator << ( ostream& outs, const highscore& hs )
  {
  outs << hs.score << ' ' << hs.name << endl;
  return outs;
  }

deque <highscore> ReadHighScores( const string& filename )
  {
  deque <highscore> result;
  ifstream          file( filename.c_str() );
  highscore         hs;
  while (file >> hs)
    result.push_back( hs );
  file.close();
  return result;
  }

void WriteHighScores( const string& filename, deque <highscore> scores )
  {
  ofstream file( filename.c_str(), ios::trunc );
  for (deque <highscore> ::iterator hs = scores.begin(); hs != scores.end(); hs++)
    file << *hs;
  file.close();
  }

Surely this is much more convenient. :-)

[edit] BTW, the above code is simplistic. It doesn't account for the possibility that name is the empty string, in which case the >> operator would fail.

[int main]

The Problem is that I never reach the True-Part of the if-Statement.

I simplified the whole thing with nill-result:

	string Text;
                fstream MyFile;
	MyFile.open("D:\HighScore.txt");
                cout<<MyFile.good();
	getline (MyFile,Text);
	MyFile.close();

	cout <<"Text"<< Text;
	while(!kbhit());

The file does not open correctly because the printout of MyFile.good() is 0.
The string Text does not contain anything. And I do not know why!
int main

[int main]

I believe I have managed to open the file for MyFile.is_open() and MyFile.good() both return 1.

But I can't seem to put any value into the String.

	string Text1;
	MyFile.open("HighScore.txt", ios::out);
	cout<<MyFile.is_open();
	getline(MyFile,Text1);
	MyFile.close();

	cout <<"Text"<< Text1;
	while(!kbhit());