console Text Editor - Help Me

I have been trying for 2 days to get this lousy code to work. the code woks when the Write(); function is not a function and is in the main()function it just skips right over the file name input can someone please tell me whats wrong with my code.

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using std :: cin;
using std :: cout;
using std :: endl;
using std :: string;
using std ::ofstream;
using std::fstream;
using std ::getline;
using std ::end;

void Write()
{
	ofstream outFile;
	char FileName[12];
	char FileData[256];
	cout <<"FileName: "; cin.getline(FileName,12);
	cout << "Enter Text:\n"; cin.getline(FileData,256);
	outFile.open(FileName,12);
	outFile << FileData;
	outFile.close();
	

	

}
void Open()
{
	string openName;
	cout << "What file do you wish to open: ";
	cin >> openName;
	fstream myFile(openName);
	string line;
	bool Exit = false;
	cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
	

	if (myFile.is_open())
	{
		while(!myFile.eof() )
		{
			getline(myFile, line);

			cout << line << endl;

		}
		myFile.close();
		
	} else
	{
		cout << "Error Can Not Open File: " << openName << endl;
	}
	
	
	

}



void Pause()
{
	char Ref;
	cin >> Ref;
}

int main()
{
	unsigned short Load = 2;
	unsigned short Make = 1;
	unsigned short Choice;
	cout << "Do you want to...\n (1) Write a new file. \n (2) Load a file.\n Choice: ";
	cin >> Choice;
	if (Choice == Load)
	{
		Open();
	}
	else if (Choice == Make)
	{
		Write();
	} else 
	{
		cout << "\nInvalid Choice! ";
	}
	
	Pause();


	
	
	return 0;
}
Anywhere you have cin >> ...; you need a cin.ignore(80, '\n'); after it to clear the buffer.
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Thank you soo much. i have never even heard of that function. im going to look up the definition :)
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