-=> On 29 Mar 96  18:08:46 Keith Fowler articulated to All <=-

        Hello Keith,

 KF> Hello everyone, could some body please help me.. I'm trying to
 KF> write a  structure to a file, but i can't get it to write it.. I've

        I don't think you can write a structure using a single command, or
at least you can't with the compiler I use.  I think your best bet would be
to to write a routine to convert the data in your structure to something
else and write that to your file.  To work out what format would be best I
would suggest you work backwards.  i.e.  Work out what format would be the
easiest to read back in, as it doesn't make a lot of programming difference
what format you write.

 KF> And also.. How do i open a file in BINARY mode to write to?? (if
 KF> the file  is in TRUE binary when you edit it with say, XTree Gold, it
 KF> should say  something like : CANNOT EDIT NON-TEXT FILE .... I have
 KF> tried: writepoint = fopen("record.dat","wb");
 KF> but it just writes the file in text mode... Any help would be

        You may possibly misunderstand the difference between binary and
text files (or else _I'm_ confused!).  A text file is terminated by a
CTRL-Z (ascii 26), a binary file isn't.  If a binary file is opened in text
mode the reading program will think it's found the end of file marker the
first time it comes across a byte with a value of 26, which is of course a
perfectly valid character in a binary file.

        If you write text to a binary file the reading program will still
treat it as text.  Normally programs such as XTree, List, NC, etc.  only
worry about the actual characters read.  i.e.  Provided all characters are
valid text characters the program won't give you an error message, such as
the one you quoted.

        Hope I haven't added to your confusion.

                John

... If at first you don't succeed, try something else.
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