Hi , I read email's Sam carefully, but i didn't test yet.Do you think if i implement same Sam i can implement string obj in structure? --mohsen On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 21:04 -0200, Juan Ramírez wrote: > Hi, > > If you want to write and read a raw structure to a file, using c++ > objects is NOT recommended at all! At least not using fread/fwrite > > Given that fields have fixed length, a good solution could be using a > raw char array, something like this: > > #define FIELD_LENGTH 101 > > struct book { > char name[FIELD_LENGTH]; > char author[FIELD_LENGTH]; > char publisher[FIELD_LENGTH]; > char translator[FIELD_LENGTH]; > bool translation; > bool stock; > }; > > > // Write > > book mybook; > > fwrite(&mybook, sizeof(book), 1, filePtr); > > > // Read > > book mybook; > > fread(&mybook, sizeof(book), 1, filePtr); > > > It will work awesomely, i promise! > > Saludos! > Juan > > > > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh > <mohsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > I have a program that it should write a struct in binary file.My struct > > is here: > > /////////////////// > > struct book{ > > string name; > > string author; > > string publisher; > > string translator; > > bool translation; > > bool stock; > > }; > > //////////////////////// > > Then i wrote the following function that write to file: > > //////////////////////////// > > void WriteFile::addNode(string name, string publisher, string author, > > bool stock,string translator , bool translation ){ > > book * tmp = new book; > > int line = 1; > > short unsigned i; > > string memory; > > > > short unsigned size = 100 - strlen((const char *)name.data()); > > memory = '`'; > > for (i =0 ;i<size;i++) > > memory += '`'; > > tmp->name = name + memory; > > > > size = 100 - strlen((const char *)publisher.data()); > > memory = '`'; > > for (i =0 ;i<size;i++) > > memory += '`'; > > tmp->publisher = publisher + memory; > > > > size = 100 - strlen((const char *)author.data()); > > memory = '`'; > > for (i =0 ;i<size;i++) > > memory += '`'; > > tmp->author = author + memory; > > > > > > size = 100 - strlen((const char *)translator.data()); > > memory = '`'; > > for (i =0 ;i<size;i++) > > memory += '`'; > > tmp->translator = translator + memory; > > > > tmp->stock = stock; > > tmp->translation = translation; > > > > fseek(bookFilePtr,0L,SEEK_END); > > fwrite(ptr,408,1,bookFilePtr); > > > > > > /////////////////////////// > > Note that i wanted to use fixed length of each field, So, for example > > if a field has 30 character, i fill 71 character "`" at end of field. 30 > > +71= 101 > > So 4*string*101+2*bool*4=408 = length of struct. > > > > Then i wrote the following function to read all of records: > > > > /////////////////////////////////////////////// > > void ReadFile::printList(){ > > fseek(bookFilePtr,0L,SEEK_SET); // set to begin of file > > > > > > int counter = 1; > > long int line = 1; > > int pageCounter = 1; > > > > > > while ( fread(bookPtrObj,408,1,bookFilePtr) == 1 ){ > > string output; > > mvprintw(++line, 27,"***Title*****************Value*********" ); > > output = "Name: " + bookPtrObj->name; > > mvprintw(++line, 27, output.data()); > > > > output = "Publisher: " + bookPtrObj->publisher; > > mvprintw(++line, 27,output.data()); > > > > output = "Author: " + bookPtrObj->author; > > mvprintw(++line, 27,output.data()); > > > > output = "Translator: " + bookPtrObj->translator; > > if (bookPtrObj->translation == true ) > > mvprintw(++line, 27,output.data()); > > > > if (bookPtrObj->stock != true ) > > mvprintw(++line, 27,"Stock: The given book doesn't > > exist."); > > else > > mvprintw(++line, 27,"Stock: The given book exist."); > > > > if ( pageCounter % 3 == 0){ > > mvprintw(++line, 27,"Press any key to see next page..."); > > getch(); > > clear(); > > line = 1; > > > > } > > pageCounter++; > > refresh(); > > > > fseek(bookFilePtr, counter * sizeof(struct book) ,SEEK_SET); // seek > > to next data > > counter ++; > > } > > } > > > > /////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > But i get the segmentation fault on read each field. > > Because i didn't specify length of each field in read.How i specify > > length of each field in reading? > > > > --mohsen > >
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