c++ text files

I am currently trying to access a text file throught visual c++ 5.0, I can
access the first line of the text file using CStdioFile::ReadString class
but I can not access any other line. The txt file is basicaly just a list of
names , a different name on each line, "line sizes is varied 10-100 chars so
I must access line by line ". readstring seems to be ment to access line by
line but there is no way to move to other lines.

Here is a quick and dirty example of how i would do it:


ifstream fileToRead(fileName);
char oneLine[100];

if(!fileToRead)
//exit - do whatever

while(fileToRead.getline( oneLine, sizeof(oneLine)))
{
parseLine(oneLine);
}

if(! fileToRead.eof())
//exit/error - do whatever

Check out my Example 16 at http://home.earthlink.net/~railro/mfc_link.html... I would consider using a CStringList object to hold the strings and which would allow you to traverse the list.

Rail

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