File I/O problem

[oldnewbie]

Thanks,anyway :)
Then I will stick with plain c++ for a while.

[matsom]

Hey, I've downloaded the latest wxDev here: http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/
good news, the IDE's been updated (Feb 2010)
bad news, the bundled compiler is old -gcc 3.4.5 (mingw vista special r3!)
I'm not sure how to this in wxDev, but try to upgrade your mingw-gcc, and yes, the compiled code behaved exactly like you describe it (I'm gonna remove wxDev now ;)

edit: here's how you can try to update your GCC:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1151420/mingw-update-gcc-version-3-4-5-to-version-4-4

[hanst99]

I am not sure why anyone would use devC++. Sure, the wxDev version works a bit better than the original, but it still pales in comparison with other IDE's.

[oldnewbie]

Thanks for the link matsom.I will try to update GCC.
Unfortunately Im spending half of my time to learn C++,and other half for solving IDE related problems :S As was the case in this problem.

hanst, I was going to switch from devc++ to codewarrior,but because of builtin wxwidgets designer&support in it and their same appearance made me feel comfortable with it.

[hanst99]

hanst, I was going to switch from devc++ to codewarrior,but because of builtin wxwidgets designer&support in it and their same appearance made me feel comfortable with it.

Code::Blocks has the same thing with the wxSmith plugin, with the difference that Code::Blocks is better.

[oldnewbie]

Oops,I wrote codewarrior.Maybe I should sleep.

[matsom]

LOL, if you want to try C::B, then try this, download only the IDE and get mingw-gcc installer from http://www.mingw.org/, install it first then install C::B -if you're the adventurous type, get the nightly builds ;)

iirc the setup steps I did was: install mingw-gcc using the mingw-get app (caution: the default only install the C compiler -must RTFM), add it to the windows path, then install C::B, the compiler detection was automatic, if you're dead set on using wxWidgets, you need to download it too and set it up to be used in C::B. Good luck.

p/s of course you can stay with wxDev, just follow the advice you got from the previous page, i.e do not use non-standard techniques when dealing with file i/o or general C++ programming (iirc the one you used was C style programming -struct+file i/o)

how the heck does this thread reduced to this discussion I don't know, sorry!