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while(!pile.eof()){
pile.getline(inputbuff,199,'\n');
count++;
if(count % 2 != 0){
tok = strtok(inputbuff,",");
tok = strtok (NULL,",");
...

I've been debugging it
the problem is with fstream function call which is regular c++
I free fil later and did not post that part of the function
and fil has the right path at time of .open() call...

C:\Users\V\Desktop\poo.m3u
which works when I type in windows explorer bar.
I thought that maybe you had to put the double slashes but thats only for string literals.

other posts talk about the fopen function and don't really give any solutions to this
the var that has the file path is a char* and has been converted from a system::string^
it is completely valid...

I get expression: stream != NULL debug assertion failed. everyone says this is because its not opening the file correctly but I will post my code and tell you what the filename var is at when I'm...