I have a directx program where I want to read text in from a file and print on the screen. The function Im using takes a char * and prints it on the screen. Heres my code char *c; ifstream story_in(*file); if (!story_in) exit(0); for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++) { story_in >> *c; Draw_Text_GDI(c,x,y,RGB(0,255,0),lpddsprimary); } story_in.close(); I never really learned how to use char * so this is wrong. If anyone could point me in the right direction, Id be appreicative, thanks

1) *c is a character so in >> *c will write the first non whitespace character to wherever c points, you want in >> c or more likely
in.getline(c,[size of buffer pointed to by c])
2) god only knows where c points in your code, but it probibly ain''t gonna like it.

change
char *c to
char c[256] or char *c = malloc(256) (then free(c) when you are done)

or, use the string class

string s;
...
getline(in,s);
Draw_Text_GDI(s.c_str(),x,y,RGB(0,255,0),lpddsprimary);

also you ain''t changeing x and y so each string is going to overwrite the last one.