i have just a quick question... i open a file using ifstream, like : ifstream inFile; inFile.open( someFileName, ios::in ); now, i want to read a specific number of bytes from the file into a buffer. any suggestions? i just need a quick and easy routine, in vc 6.0 (if that matters) thanks for the help <(o)>

I think this should work...

char* buf = new char[NUM_BYTES];inFile.read(buf, NUM_BYTES);

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Martee

thats seems too simple, so its probably why i didnt think of it thanks man

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