What is File: Definition and 601 Discussions

I'm trying to come up with a C++ program that reads input from a text file. Each line of this text file has a different variable. I have different data types (int, string, char). I'm having difficulty to read strings with spaces and read char's. The rest seems to work fine. If possible, I'd like...

I'm trying to save an Excel spreadsheet as a (tab-delimited) text file for input into another database. For some reason, fields containing a comma are being displayed in the text file within quotes, which I don't want. For example: John Doe appears as: John Doe Doe, John appears as: "Doe...

i woner how torecord a game exe file into a dvd ?

Hi, I have a problem to code this: Image that you have the following file presenting the following decimal values: 2 A 40.0 115.00 1.02842 5.944 10.0528 -1.656 115.00 1.01911 4.678 10.0528 177.078 11 6 100.0 115.00 1.01530 2.392 2.9097 11.933 115.00 1.00338...

does anybody has notes about logic circuit for computer engineering??or any website recommended pls... pls help... thank you...

Hello, I just made a program that puts numbers into a two dimensional array, and then saves them in a text file that looks something like this: 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5...

I have a picture i need to open. Its file extension is .img. How can I open this so I can attach it to Microsoft Word?

Does anyone know whether there is a way to change the icons on a mac, in such a way that the changed icon works for all the files of a certain extension? Like, that all the .ppt files have a new icon associated to them. For those who don't know, you can change a single icon by...

I am trying to open a .tex file. When I clicked on it, it asked what program I wanted to use to open the thing. So I selected wordpad. The thing opened up in wordpad with a blank document. When I selected print preview, it allowed me to scroll through 4 blank pages. Here' s the...

I am reporting on a fatal "Printer Driver Conflict" which I encountered and verified with new versions of Hewlett Packard Pavillion OS involving at least its printer driver groups and erroneous coding affecting the OS's Hal.dll file. Thus far, it appeares HP has not under taken the proper...

MATLAB : how to get the data from a .fig file ? Hello everybody ! I ve a problem on MATLAB : I have 5 .fig files generated and I want to plot all the curves on 1 unique .fig file can u tell me how to do or how to get the data from one .fig file ? thanks a lot serialtom

so i have a few ripped dvds, fight club, pulp fiction etc. anyways I am using winavi to convert .avi files to mpeg dvd vcd etc besides converting the files to dvd which then require my to burn dvds which I am out of what type of file should i convert to MPEG? i have been converting to mpeg...

I know i am dumb with computers, i am embarrassed to ask, but how do find a file path and fix it if it is wrong ?

I've got a couple of thousand pictures in a zillion subfolders (by year/month/day) that were produced by some Mac iPhoto camera software or something. (I am on PC.) It is really a pain to try to work with these files when I can only see a few at a time. I'd like to put them all into one folder...

I haven't been able to get any file sharing programs to work with my computers connection. I'm using a school connection - T1 I think. I've tried Limewire, Ares, and WinMX. I got WinMX to connect and search, but nothing would download - they all just said Waiting for network response and then...

I'm using Windows XP, and it comes with its own unzipping program. I'm trying to unzip an ACE file...but when I click "Open With", the option to "unzip it"...treat it as a ZIP file...is not there! No option even there! Instead...I just a get a useless list of all my desktop programs. Where...

Does anyone know a good website, or have a PDF file that gives a good introduction to congruencies? I can't seem to find one on the internet. Thanks for your help.

How can i shaer filesbetween madrake and winxp ? i dunno. how to set up file shareing betw them by a cable, not a printer cable ? Thanks a lot.

The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable -- and my life with it Hello. I have two harddrives, C:\ and F:\. The other day, I tried to access my F: drive and it said it was not formatted. I did NOT formate it because I didnt want to lose all my data. I restarted my computer, and the...

Hi everyone, I need to write a C code program to count the # of fuctions used in a certain file (function counter) Can you guys give me some hints/suggestions/ideas ? Thanks, Stan

I built a Beakman motor and works good. But Iwonder how to calculate : -Magnetic Induction B(Teslas)? -Current I(amperes)? -Voltage V ( volts) Data: N= 5 turns D=9 milimeters( 38 AWG copper wire) V=1.4 Volts B= ...? (May be 0.1 tesla)...small Headphones magnet If any guy have a pc...

How do you create an exe file in visual c++? I was unable to find any relavent information in the help files. I'm looking to save my program as an exe so that it can be ran on any computer by simply opening the exe file.

How can i read file data into 2d vector ?thanks

Some months ago, I lost (or perhaps Windows lost) about 1.5 GB of data. Actually, the files were still there, but the FAT got hosed. I did not realize it at the time and unfortunately had saved some stuff to the HD. Once I realized what had happened I got a copy of "File Scavenger" -...

I want to write a program in Java that reads RGB information pixel-by-pixel from an image file, processes that information, and then writes it to a text file. I know how to do everything except read from the image file. I'm thinking a Bitmap file might be the best choice for the image file...

Hi, I am new here and this is the first time for me to use this kind of a forum and I think that I delete by mistake my first post so here it is again. I am a russin student and I got an email with this attached file (I got newer version of it yesterday). It looks very interesting but...

I have a hard time reading pdf files and i can not stand this file type. it is so slow and give me sickness and headache. :cry: It crushes me that the manufacturers are very fond of this file type :grumpy: . How can i make a pdf file into an ordinary web file which is very easier to read...

What is SGL.DLL ? (sgl.dll) Where is it??

Here's the situation: I'm running over a few thousand files, some of which may have already been processed. In order to decide if a file has to be processed, I check if the corresponding output file exists. The problem: I tried using FILE *f = fopen(<filename>,"r"), and test for f!=0...

I've found some valuable documents (mostly books) which are in electronic format,however with a (to me) unknown extension: .djvu Can someone knowledgeable please tell me what those letters mean and how (meaning) what software need i use to open the documents...?? Thanking you in...

What is a good, free of course, program that will convert music. I want one that will convert into mp3 format, or any format that has good quality and is small in size, and will play in xmms. (xmms has been down all day so I have no clue what formats are supported). I use linux btw. Thanks.

SOMEONE please tell me how to change my access to a folder to 755. I have WS-FTP Pro and I thought all you had to do was right click and select ftp commands however this is not an option for me

Modern operating systems are file oriented, so in Windows you can access documents just by double clicking them without having to worry about opening the program. But I don't know how this is achieved. Is is done entirely by the OS or does the application program itself play a role? So suppose I...

Loading a File in C Ok here is my code: FILE *fReadOpen( void ) /* purpose: open file for reading goal state: fReadOpen returns pointer to file */ { /* begin fReadOp */ /* data object declarations */ char FileName[80]; /* input file name */ FILE *pInFile; /*...

I am just getting started on LateX and here is what I have done I typed in this trial file and saved it. Then at the prompt typed latex myfile where myfile is the name of the file... \documentclass{article} \begin{document} psi\mapsto 1/2\,m{\omega}^{2}{x}^{2}\psi \end{document} A...

I've written over an existing file in Matlab (.m extension). But I'm stupid because I didn't want to do that. HOW CAN I RESTORE THE PROGRAM AS WHEN IT WAS BEFORE WRITTING OVER IT?. Is there anyway to restore or to undo this? Brrr...I'm furious. :mad: Thanks if you help me.

My network directory file synch batch file thing :) Hey guys I had been looking for a nice cheap easy to use program to sync two of my mp3 directories. This is what I did: Here is my setup: My HTPC .mp3 drive is mapped to my laptops' E drive. I always download my songs onto my computer...

Anyone here knows how I can make my piano sound recorded in a mp3 file play faster, or slower etc using computer programming? I am not talking about using WinMedia and changing some of its options, but...uhmm..Yes, I think it is the same way as to how such options I believe are to be created...

Can not open INSTALL.LOG FILE! I have this error massage every time when try to remove Macromedia shockwave player one the program listed in add/remove programes properties in my computer.My computer run Windows 98. Is their anybody have an idea of what i can do to remove this programe from my...

How does winzip work? Actually, how do you compress a file?

i cannot find the boot.ini on my windows xp home computer. I even searched for it but i had no success. Can someone please tell me where it is?

I need to find a website offering free space for me to upload files, can u please recommend me ? :biggrin:

i don't know if this is even the right forum but i am trying to right a batch file which will close certain running programs, launch a game, and upon exit of the game, run the programs that were closed. i know how to close a prog and open the game, but i don't know how to run the progs when the...

hi. when i try to download a pdf file it regulaly freezes, it seems my computer is sending information but not receiving, is it my computer, i use acrobat and win XP, or the severs fault? hope you can help as this getting to be annoying.

IS it possible to save songs back onto the hard drive when checking in despite the fact that the song has since been deleted from both the playlist and hard drive? It appears on checking in, that the song disappears totally in OPEN MG software. Any help much appreciated as I deleted songs...

I'm just opening up a forum on the topic, what does everybody think about music swappers and other file sharers? Should they be punished or is the computer the beginning of a revolution that should change the way internet copyrights are viewed?

Hi guys. I'm having real trouble with xml. Ideally I'd like to simply play around with .ini files, but the api functions don't seem to work anymore with vb.net. Well not quite true, the api's to write to an .ini file work, but the api's for reading in data just return gibberish for me. I...

hi, i have a large file that i have scaned into MY DOCUMENTS is there a way i can show parts or the whole to a forum, ie cut paste cheers

Apparently the RIAA has won some lawsuits and now this is going to happen http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/062503.asp . They use bots to scan these networks so I'd say you might as well assume they have information on you if you get on a file sharing network that they are monitoring.

Some files ended with *.msi, how to install it ? [?]