Hi my program saves some settings (mostly string) to a text file, to retrieve them later, but alas! The special characters come back unrecognizable!
saveSettings saves the strings one by one...
void email::saveSettings(string filename){
ofstream savefile(filename.c_str(),ios::out | ios::trunc);
email settingsemail(this);
savefile <<mailprog<<endl;
...
loadSettings retrieves them...
bool loadSettings(string filename){
char chtemp[255];
ifstream savefile(filename.c_str(), ios::in);
if (savefile.is_open()){
savefile.getline(chtemp,255);
mailprog=chtemp;
savefile.getline(chtemp,255);
smtp=chtemp;
...
some text includes the letter 'é', which is read back as '8'
thank you for any hint