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[Assassinbeast]

Hey guys.

How do i load from files in the documents folder on any computer?
I am making a game that have a highscore.txt file.

So far, how i load and save the highscore.txt file is kinda this way.

[source lang="cpp"]int score = 0;int highscore = 0;std::ifstream inputfile;inputfile.open("highscore.txt");inputfile >> highscore;inputfile.close();/*Play the game (gameloop)*/if(score > highscore){ std::ofstream outputfile("highscore.txt"); outputfile << score; outputfile.close();}[/source]

But the problem is when i make an installer for my game, then i have to put the highscore.txt file in another folder (e.g my documents folder) than my original folder where all the images, dlls are. Otherwise i cant save my new highscore (only load) because the c: drive is protected and windows wont allow to edit it.

Ive tried to write something like this:

[source lang="cpp"]inputfile.open("C:\\Users\\Danny\\Documents\\highscore.txt");[/source]
It works, but "Danny" is my name and is of course not the same name as other peoples computers.

So what kind of code should i use/write to make it able to load and save in the highscore.txt file on the documentsfolder on any computer?
If u can help me (and if its gonna be a hard task), please, cut it in paper for me (post the code ), because im a big noob when it comes to new libraries or low-level programming or anything like that

Thanks alot!!!

[SiCrane]

You can use SHGetFolderPath() to get the location of the various special folders on the computer. The linked page has example code.

[Assassinbeast]

[source lang="cpp"]TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];if(SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_PERSONAL|CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE, NULL, 0, szPath))){    PathAppend(szPath, TEXT("New Doc.txt"));    HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(szPath, ...);}[/source]

This is the example code.... and i dont understand a single line of it .
How should i use/write/incorporate this code with my ifstream and ofstream?

[LennyLen]

Here's an example that will create the file in the correct place, and write 32 to it. You should be able to take it from there:

[source lang="cpp"]#include <windows.h>#include <shlobj.h>#include <sstream>#include <fstream>int main(){ TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH]; std::stringstream filename; std::ofstream outputfile; if(SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_PERSONAL|CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE, NULL, 0, szPath))) { filename << szPath << "\\highscore.txt"; outputfile.open((filename.str()).c_str()); outputfile << 32; outputfile.close(); } return 0;}[/source]