cant find the prob!!HELP

[andrewanderson]

hi can anyone help me with this prog. cant find the prob why it cant display

    cout<<"This is the display of your transaction"<<endl;
 
                ifstream fobj;  //declare input file stream
 
                fobj.open("trans.txt"); //open file
 
                if(!fobj) //File not opened
                {
                    cout<<"File cant open "<<endl;
                    return 1;
                }
 
                cout<<"<Date>"<<"\t\t<Name>"<<"\t<AccountNo>"<<"\t<AccountType>"<<"\t<TransType>"<<"\t<Amount>"<<endl;
                fobj>>timestamp>>name>>acc>>type>>trans>>amount;
 
                while(fobj)
                {
                    cout<<timestamp<<"\t"<<name<<"\t"<<acc<<"\t"<<type<<"\t\t"<<trans<<"\t\t"<<amount<<endl;
 
                    fobj>>timestamp>>name>>acc>>type>>trans>>amount;
 

ofstream fobj;  //declare input file stream
 
    fobj.open("c:\\trans.txt",ios::app); //open file
 
 
 
        if(!fobj) //File not opened
            {
                cout<<"File cant open "<<endl;
                return 1;
            }
 
        else
            {
 
                fobj<<timestamp<<","<<name<<","<<acc<<","<<type<<","<<trans<<","<<amount<<endl;
            }
 
 
        fobj.close();  //close file
 

i have created a file input but when i display it the output is not there what is the problem? when compiling it shows no error!!HELP!!

thanks in advance.
regrads
andrew

[horace1]

it is not something as simple as a difference in file names? i.e. in current directory

        fobj.open("trans.txt"); //open file
 

or in c:\

    fobj.open("c:\\trans.txt",ios::app); //open file
 

[andrewanderson]

it is not something as simple as a difference in file names? i.e. in current directory

        fobj.open("trans.txt"); //open file
 

or in c:\

    fobj.open("c:\\trans.txt",ios::app); //open file
 

thanks for ya reply but its still the same no input!!here is a new program i created but dun know where the prob is: can anyone help?

case 1:
            {
 
                cout<<"This is the display of your transaction"<<endl;
 
                ifstream fobj;  //declare input file stream
 
                fobj.open("c:\\trans.txt"); //open file
 
                if(!fobj) //File not opened
                {
                    cout<<"File cant open "<<endl;
                    return 1;
                }
 
                cout<<"<Date>"<<"\t\t<Name>"<<"\t<AccountNo>"<<"\t<AccountType>"<<"\t<TransType>"<<"\t<Amount>"<<endl;
                fobj>>timestamp>>name>>acc>>type>>trans>>amount;
 
                while(fobj)
                {
                    cout<<timestamp<<"\t"<<name<<"\t"<<acc<<"\t"<<type<<"\t\t"<<trans<<"\t\t"<<amount<<endl;
 
                    fobj>>timestamp>>name>>acc>>type>>trans>>amount;
 
 
                }
                fobj.close();//close file
 
                cout<<"Do you wish to go back to main menu?(y/n)"<<endl;
                cin>>back;
                if(back == 'y' || back == 'Y')
                {
                    goto menu;
                }
                else if ( back == 'n' || back == 'N')
                {
                    goto case0;
                }
 
            }

    ofstream fobj;  //declare input file stream
 
    fobj.open("c:\\trans.txt",ios::app); //open file
 
 
 
        if(!fobj) //File not opened
            {
                cout<<"File cant open "<<endl;
                return 1;
            }
 
        else
            {
 
                fobj<<timestamp<<","<<name<<","<<acc<<","<<type<<","<<trans<<","<<amount<<endl;
            }
 
 
        fobj.close();  //close file
 
        }//whole switch case
 

here is the problem when i put c:\\trans.txt in the first code it does not print the cout command after dat but when i take off the c:\\ it prints. why is it like this? and i still can show the file dat i stored in a file i created? why is it like this can anyone help me?

thanks in advance