Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:57:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Problem with fopen
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On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Roy Taylor wrote:

> void SaveSprite(pSprite TheSprite,int *FileName)
> {
> 	FILE *fp;
> 	if((fp=fopen(FileName,"w"))==NULL)

A file name is an array of characters, so you need to use "char *FileName" 
instead of "int *FileName".

> This alone changes some of the values in an array pointed to by a element
> of the TheSprite structure.

Passing incorrect arguments to functions cause the program to
overwrite other data.  To find such problems, step through the
offending code with a debugger and see which line causes the
corruption.