[RESOLVED] Try, Catch Problem

I have a try catch block that should, when it doesn't work, display a message saying the file couldn't be found. Unfortunately, all it does is just go back to asking for a file. Here's the code, why won't it do the cout in the catch block?

Code:

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bool readArray (double x [], int &n)
{

  int i;
  char filename[51];
  ifstream inputFile;
  bool success;
 
  cout << "Enter filename (and path, if needed):" << endl;
  cin.getline(filename, 51);
  cout << endl << endl;

  try
  {

      inputFile.open(filename);
 
  }
  catch(...)
  {

      cout << "Error opening file." << endl << endl;
      success = false;
 
  }
 
  if  (success != false)
  {

      //read file stuff

  }

  return success;

}

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By default, exceptions are not turned on for a stream object.

Code:

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inputFile.exceptions(ios::failbit | ios::badbit);
 
try

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Take a look at this:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/i...xceptions.html

The filestream won't throw exceptions unless you configure it to do so.

Or try this if you choose to just use a member function to test the stream state rather than configure the exception handling.
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/i...ream/open.html

thanks.