Read text file ??

[dlhson2]

I have a text file abc.txt in Windows 2000, like that: "a b c", export it to emulator. Now I want to read it by these code: CFile f; CFileException e; PTCHAR szFileName= _T("abc.txt"); if (f.Open(szFileName,CFile::modeRead,&e)) { CString strText; TCHAR szChar[255]; UINT nRead=f.Read(szChar,2); if (SUCCEEDED(nRead)) { CString strMsg; strMsg.Format(_T("Read text: %s"),szChar); MessageBox(strMsg); } } But messagebox shows a strange string. It's not "a " as I thounght. Why ? ======================= Nothing is perfect

[Daniel Strigl]

First, I think that there is no 0 terminator at the end of the string (szRead[3] = _T('\0');)! Second, I think that in the ASCII file (abc.txt) there are no UNICODE characters, but in your Pocket PC application you read UNICODE characters (TCHAR's). Daniel ;) --------------------------- Never change a running system!

[dlhson2]

So how can I solve this problem ? ======================= Nothing is perfect

[Daniel Strigl]

If you have the following 3 characters abc in the file "abc.txt", try this:

#include <atlbase.h> // need for A2CT macro

CFile f;
CFileException e;

if (f.Open(_T("abc.txt"),CFile::modeRead,&e))
{
USES_CONVERSION; // need for A2CT macro

char szChar\[255\] = { 0 };

UINT nRead = f.Read(szChar,3); // Read the 3 characters 'abc'

szChar\[nRead\] = '\\0'; // Add the NULL terminator

CString strMsg;
strMsg.Format(\_T("Read text: %s"), A2CT(szChar));  // Ansi --> UNICODE
AfxMessageBox(strMsg);

}

Daniel ;) --------------------------- Never change a running system!