I know there's already been a discussion about this topic but i'm very new to programming and i couldn't make much of it. Anyway... i'm trying to write some data into a file and then read it and use it later. Here's the code: (omg... don't know how to format it) struct ParticleProperties { int shape; float red, green, blue; float dimensions[3]; float position[3]; float orientation[3]; float velocity[3]; float acceleration[3]; float forcedir[3]; float forcemag; int density; }; and: ParticleProperties read,write,load; FILE *_file,*stream,*output; vector<ParticleProperties> LoadedFromFile; fopen_s( &stream, "D:\\Scoala\\Licenta\\Back-up\\2009.09.14.ReadFiles\\Direct3D9MFC\\Direct3D9MFC\\saves\\test1.bin", "wb+" ); for (vector<ParticleProperties>::iterator write=vPartProp.begin(); write!=vPartProp.end(); write++) { fwrite(&write,sizeof(ParticleProperties),1,stream); } fclose( stream ); fopen_s( &_file,"D:\\Scoala\\Licenta\\Back-up\\2009.09.14.ReadFiles\\Direct3D9MFC\\Direct3D9MFC\\saves\\test1.bin","rb+" ); fseek (_file, 0, SEEK_END); long int size = ftell(_file); rewind(_file); long int pos = ftell(_file); while (pos < size) { fread(&read,sizeof(float),sizeof(ParticleProperties)/sizeof(float),_file); LoadedFromFile.push_back(read); pos = ftell(_file); } fclose( _file ); fopen_s( &output, "D:\\Scoala\\Licenta\\Back-up\\2009.09.14.ReadFiles\\Direct3D9MFC\\Direct3D9MFC\\saves\\test2.bin", "w+t" ); for (vector<ParticleProperties>::iterator load=LoadedFromFile.begin(); load!=LoadedFromFile.end(); load++) { fprintf( output, "%d,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%f,%d\n",load->shape, load->red, load->green, load->blue, load->dimensions[0],load->dimensions[1],load->dimensions[2],load->position[0],load->position[1],load->position[2], load->orientation[0],load->orientation[1],load->orientation[2],load->velocity[0],load->velocity[1],load->velocity[2], load->acceleration[0],load->acceleration[1],load->acceleration[2],load->forcedir[0],load->forcedir[1],load->forcedir[2], load->forcemag,load->density); } fclose( output ); I'm using the "output" to write the data in text format to actually see what i read. anyway, it seems that "write" has the correct values while writing them, but once it gets out of the "for" loop, it seems to take arbitrary values. (i don't really know if that is an issue or not since the data had already been written to the file). however, the "read" has complitely strange values (most of them zero) that have nothing to do with what i wanted to write and then read. I would like someone to give some advice on how to make this work, but do it clearly please, cause i'm n00b. :)

thx for help. i'll be putting your advice in action in a few minutes. i'll get back to you if it worked or not.

...and yes, vPartProp is a vector of type ParticleProperties, having stored some data about some particles :)

EDIT:
Finally... it works. Thank you very much! I've been trying to figure this out for a few hours now... Thx :)