Writing a file and appending the text

[elanos]

This is my first time using C and my first time posting so experts out there please be patient with me. I'm trying to write a file starting with one line and then append text to that file.
So far the only code that has been able to even produce the file is as follows:

char *szTestFile;
HANDLE hTestFile;
char szirdCreateFile[16];
unsigned uBytes;

Console Init( );
cls( );

szTestfile = "c:\\TestFile.txt";
hTestFile = CreateFile(szTestFile.GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0, CREATE_ALWAYS, 0, 0);
sprintf (szirdCreateFile; "TestLine"); //call this line "line 1"
WriteFile(hTestFile, szirdCreateFile, sizeof(szirdCreateFile)-1, &uBytes, 0); //"line 2"
sprintf (szirdCreateFile; "2ndTestLine"); //"line 3"
WriteFile(hTestFile, szirdCreateFile, sizeof(szirdCreateFile)-1, &uBytes, 0); //"line 4"

When I run the program, it's like the two lines mesh together on the same line and create some unintelligible characters. When lines 1 and 2 are commented out "2ndTestLine" appears in the file and when lines 3 and 4 are commented out "TestLine" appears in the file. My goal is to get "2ndTestLine" to appear on the line beneath "TestLine." PLEASE HELP!!!

[weaknessforcats]

It's going to help if you put the \n newline in the data being written. This is the separatpr between the lihes of text:

sprintf (szirdCreateFile; "TestLine\n"); //call this line "line 1"
 

The number of bytes to write is the number of characters in the string:

WriteFile(hTestFile, szirdCreateFile, strlen(szirdCreateFile), &uBytes, 0); //"line 2"
 

[JosAH]

I sincerely *hate* that Hungarian notation stuff; C looked much better before
Microsoft invented that terrible mishap.

kind regards,

Jos

[Silent1Mezzo]

I sincerely *hate* that Hungarian notation stuff; C looked much better before
Microsoft invented that terrible mishap.

kind regards,

Jos

Wow I'd never even heard about Hungarian notation.... I just read up on it and found this

Hungarian notation can be used to reduce variable ambiguity and increase code clarity.

But to me it just makes variable ambiguity greater as well as convolutes the code more.

[weaknessforcats]

Quote:
Originally Posted by JosAH
I sincerely *hate* that Hungarian notation stuff; C looked much better before
Microsoft invented that terrible mishap.

kind regards,

Jos


Wow I'd never even heard about Hungarian notation.... I just read up on it and found this
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Hungarian notation can be used to reduce variable ambiguity and increase code clarity.

But to me it just makes variable ambiguity greater as well as convolutes the code more.

You have to look at the historical perspective: Only C. Multiple files. No way to find a variable unless you check 5000 header files. C programmers a into naming conventions in a big way.

Unfortunately, naming conventions don't work. The compiler can't verify you are using the convention. Just look a Microsoft code and you will see that no one ever followed the conventions anyway.

This Hungarion Notation was the brainchild of Charles Semonyi, who was Hungarian. (Yes, the same Charles Semonyi that just went into space as a tourist). Probably, he had a highTrip (hope-I-get-home-Trip) :)

[JosAH]

The trouble with that Hungarian notation crap is not just a naming convention
burden; it tries to encode the type of the variable in the variable name itself,
like 'lpszhfName' or something similar silly.

Changing the type of that variable turns into a day job that way. e.g. Eclipse
can find variable references, their types etc. and can change them for you on
the fly; there's no need for all that Hungarian notation hulla baloo.

adjKind plrnounRegards,

pronounJos