Preload settings from text file?

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Okay I have this program (code below), and basically it just makes the cursor move down when you press mouse1, you can adjust the speed with [ and ], as well as + and -, now I want to be able to preload settings from a text file, so for example in the text file have the basic setting like "movedown 2.3", how would I go abouts doing that?

code:

#include <windows.h> #include <iostream.h> #define VK_OEM_PLUS 0xBB #define VK_OEM_MINUS 0xBD #define VK_OEM_4 0xDB #define VK_OEM_6 0xDD //defines keys PLUS, MINUS, ], and [ using namespace std; static int time_effector = 1; static int pixel_effector = 0; //declares integers that makes how much moving-downwards to produce int main() { std::cout << "ANTIRECOIL by LIX";  while(1) //run forever  {   Sleep(time_effector); //run forever     if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_LBUTTON)&0x8000) // if MOUSE1 is being pressed   {    POINT pos; // declare POINT position    GetCursorPos(&pos); // get cursor position    SetCursorPos(pos.x, pos.y-pixel_effector); //set anti-recoiled position by looking @ pixel_effector   }   if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_OEM_PLUS)&1){time_effector++;}  //contains time in ms to wait between loops   if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_OEM_MINUS)&1){time_effector--;} //-- same as above   if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_OEM_4)&1){pixel_effector++;} // if PLUS is pressed, pixel_effector plus 1   if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_OEM_6)&1){pixel_effector--;} // if minus is pressed, pixel_effector minus 1     if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_DELETE)&1){ExitProcess(0);} //as its a forever loop, something must enable program to exit  } }

[Martin]

The header file that you're looking for is fstream. Here's a tutorial - http://www.functionx.com/cpp/articles/filestreaming.htm

I wouldn't recommend getting into Windows API calls just yet. That stuff gets very complicated very quickly.

And use iostream instead of iostream.h!

iostream.h is the header for pre-standard input/output streams written 15+ years ago by AT&T. iostream is the standard for io streams, as specified by the C++ standard in 1998.