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[Cheese]

i was looking to write a dll for mervbot.
just a simple staff list from staff.txt...

Code: Show/Hide void botInfo::gotCommand(Player *p, Command *c) ... case OP_Player:       {          if (c->check("staff"))          {             sendPrivate(p, "start");             char line [256];             ifstream staff;             staff.open("staff.txt");             if (!staff)             {                sendPrivate(p, "Error loading staff.txt");             }             staff>>line;             while (!EOF)             {                sendPrivate(p, line);                staff>>line;                sendPrivate(p, "loop");             }             staff.close();             sendPrivate(p, "end");          }

i added start, loop, and end for debugging.
so it compiles and loads, but only pms you start and end.
which means its completely ignoring my loop.

also, when i remove staff.txt, theres no error.
which means its ignoring my error too.

what am i missing?
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[k0zy]

try

Code: Show/Hide while (!staff.eof())

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[Bak]

if you remove staff.txt it doesn't crash? try making the condition if (!staff.good()) and put the rest of the crap in an else block
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[Cheese]

for some reason, those dont work =S
mine dont either...

also,
why can i use sendPrivate(p, "loop");
with "loop" and not a string?
using char ignores whitespace in my file...

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so all that was too complicated and didnt work.
i tried this, and it worked.

Code: Show/Hide case OP_Player:       {          if (c->check("about"))          {             sendPrivate(p, "I display the staff list.");          }          if (c->check("version"))          {             sendPrivate(p, "staff.dll by Cheese");          }          if (c->check("staff"))          {             ifstream staff;             staff.open("staff.txt");             char line [256];             while (staff.getline(line, 256))             {                sendPrivate(p, line);             }             staff.close();          }       }

however,

Code: Show/Hide             if (staff.bad())             {                sendPrivate(p, "Staff.txt is missing");             }

didnt.
renaming or deleting the file didnt make anything happen.
i tried staff.bad(), !staff.good(), !staff.exist(), and !staff.
nothing at all

[k0zy]

What about staff.is_open() ?

[Bak]

sendPrivate needs a String, which is one of catid's classes and not built-in. If you look in mervbot source you'll see theres a constructor that takes in a const char* so it can cast it implicitly.

If you want to use a string, try

sendPrivate(p,(String)stringVar.c_str());