Hi, Here''s a snippet of something

fstream File;
File.open ("IDList.def", ios::out);
for (iloop = 0; iloop <= ID_Number; iloop++) {
   File.ignore (10000, ''[dr]'');
}
File.getline (WeapName, 50);
cout << WeapName;
 

and I have a file called IDList.def which has [dr]Mydoc.gif [dr]Something.jpg [dr]Mypic.doc It''s all in text format not binary (I can read it in notepad) Anyways, when I do that, it gives me several strange symbols. What i''m trying to do is get an id of an item, for loop it that many times untill the it reaches the id which should match the line number and output whatever is after the [dr]. Any solutions? Thanks

I got confused, I guess that could be the problem... hmm... i''ll try the ifstream too. Thanks. (in as in input to the file orrr.. input to the screen? confusing?)

ifstream - input to your program
ofstream - output from your program