Ifstream not reading file in bin/data/

beginners
#1

errorOF
errorOF1574×968 300 KB

I want to read the contents of a text file and print them.
What am I doing wrong?

#2

hey @cesardevelops
you can try to change:
"textfile.txt"
to
ofToDataPath("textfile.txt", true)

OF has some classes to handle the file system, multiplatform etc… like:
https://openframeworks.cc/documentation/utils/ofFile/
https://openframeworks.cc/documentation/utils/ofDirectory/
https://openframeworks.cc///documentation/utils/ofFilePath/

Aslo you can check the bundled examples here:
openFrameworks\examples\input_output

#3

Hey, Thanks for the reply!
I made it work just like this

void ofApp::setup()
    {    
        ofFile file;
        file.open(ofToDataPath("textfile.txt"), ofFile::ReadWrite, false);
        ofBuffer buff = file.readToBuffer();
        cout << buff;        
    }

What is the “false” value for in file.open()?

#4

https://openframeworks.cc/documentation/utils/ofFile/#show_open
binary set to false if you are reading a text file & want lines split at endline characters automatically