reading files in using ifstream

[kuhns_m]

I am trying to read a file in using ifstream.

The file is comprized of three fields
Name
Age
Address

the file looks like this:

April,Joe

21

126 Freelane, Yourtown, State 88990



Matthews,Jocob

19

3930 4th Blvd, Yourcity, NJ 88710





Garfield,Kitty

24

36 Jon Havey Court, Middle, MO 66222



Lake,Bill

male

21 Ritts, Commack, NY 13231


I read it in like so:
while(ifile.getline(strLine, MAXLINE, '\n'))
{
if(strLine[0] != NULL){
counter++;
if(counter == 1){
strcpy(temp_person.strName, strLine);
} else if (counter == 2){
strcpy(buf, strLine);
} else if (counter == 3){
strcpy(temp_person.strAddress, strLine);
counter = 0;
}

}

}

On the last record I get an GPF (access violation). I remember that you are supposed to read a line in first to get the EOF to work. Does any one remember this.
Thanks in advance