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