Some Questions

OK I am kind of new at VC++ and really new to MFC programs.
I have a MFC FormView program that has just an Edit Box on a form. What I want to do is save the text from the Edit Box to a file also write the text from a text file to the edit box.

In my View Object I have DoData Exchange that saves the text to a VAR called editTextOut.

Code:

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void CTestMFCFrmViewDoc::Serialize(CArchive& ar)
{
        CString F = "";
//#1        CTestFrmViewView* pView = (CTestFrmViewView*)m_viewList.GetHead();
//#2        ASSERT_KINDOF(CTestFrmViewView, pView);
        if (ar.IsStoring())
        {       
                pView->UpdateData();
                F = pView->editTextOut;
                ar << F;
        }
        else
        {
                ar >> F;
                pView->RedrawWindow(NULL,NULL, RDW_ERASENOW);
        }
}

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Question 1: Is using //#1 & //#2 the correct way to point pView to the CTestFrmViewView object? I got this from an example somewhere else, but it just seems like the wrong way to do it.

Question 2: After I read in the text from a text file how do I send the edit box?

Thanks

If you like you can use this code to open a file.

Code:

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#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
string got,all;
ifstream in(filename);
while(getline(in,got))
{
all += got + "\r\n";
}
edit  = all.c_str();
UpdateData(FALSE);

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Answer 2:

Code:

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edit = varcontainingtext;
UpdateData(FALSE);

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Ahh Thanks Vlatko but I already can read from a file thats what ar >> F; does.

I wanted to be sure that the code I am using is the correct way of doing it.

Incase someone else reads this here is how to put the text to the edit box using my code.

Code:

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pView->editTextOut = F;
pView->UpdateData(false);

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Thanks for the help Vlatko