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Code Apperentice (229)
I'm making a new program that when the user types a path to the file, it will open it, bu i'm having problems with the fopen function...

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#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;

void main()
{
string file;
cout << "Hello, please type in the path of the file you want to open" << endl;
cin >> file;
fopen(file,r+);

Please help
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Code Apperentice (229)
there is a } at the end, i just forgot to copy that part
gelatine (256)
what are the problems, which errors you get?
if you can compile it are you sure the path of the file does excist?
Code Apperentice (229)
I couldn't compile, it says "cannot convert std::string to const char *"
I tried to change it to this
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#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;

void main()
{
	const char file[] = "C:";
cout << "Hello, please type in the path of the file you want to open" << endl;
cin >> file;
fopen(file,"r+");
}


but I got this as the output
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1>Compiling...
1>File Opener.cpp
1>d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\codeanalysis\sourceannotations.h(19) : warning C4091: 'typedef ' : ignored on left of '__w64 unsigned int' when no variable is declared
1>d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\codeanalysis\sourceannotations.h(19) : warning C4091: '' : ignored on left of 'unsigned int' when no variable is declared
1>d:\documents and settings\gunarto\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\file opener\file opener\file opener.cpp(12) : error C2679: binary '>>' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'const char [3]' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(1144): could be 'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator >><std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &,signed char *)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(1146): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator >><std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &,signed char &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(1148): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator >><std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &,unsigned char *)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(1150): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator >><std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &,unsigned char &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(155): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &(__cdecl *)(std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &))'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(161): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(std::basic_ios<_Elem,_Traits> &(__cdecl *)(std::basic_ios<_Elem,_Traits> &))'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(168): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(std::ios_base &(__cdecl *)(std::ios_base &))'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(175): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(std::_Bool &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(194): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(short &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(228): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(unsigned short &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(247): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(int &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(273): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(unsigned int &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(291): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(long &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(309): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(__w64 unsigned long &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(329): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(__int64 &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(348): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(unsigned __int64 &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(367): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(float &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(386): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(double &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(404): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(long double &)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(422): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(void *&)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\include\istream(441): or       'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator >>(std::basic_streambuf<_Elem,_Traits> *)'
1>        with
1>        [
1>            _Elem=char,
1>            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>        ]
1>        while trying to match the argument list '(std::istream, const char [3])'
1>Build log was saved at "file://d:\Documents and Settings\Gunarto\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\File Opener\File Opener\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>File Opener - 1 error(s), 2 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped
gelatine (256)
it helps when you do this ?
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#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;

void main()
{
string file;
cout << "Hello, please type in the path of the file you want to open" << endl;
cin >> file;
fopen(file.c_str(),"r+");
}


EDIT: r+ has to be "r+"
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Code Apperentice (229)
Thanks a bunch!(I'm not sarcastic, seriously, it worked!)
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