bool TMainForm::LeesEventLogNieuw()
{

ifstream inputFile;

char myString[50];

	inputFile.open("Test.txt");

	if (!inputFile) {

	ShowMessage("Error in opening the file");
	return 1;

	}

	inputFile.getline(myString, 50, '\n');

	ShowMessage(myString);

return 0;

}

bool TMainForm::LeesEventLog()
{


   char  aFileName[20];
   char *p, *ch;
   int line_number = 0;

   p = &Regel[0];

   String FileName,FileDir,FileExt,FilePath;

	 MainForm->OpenDialog->Filter = "Energy|*.txt";

		if (MainForm->OpenDialog->Execute())
		  {
			 FileName = ExtractFileName(MainForm->OpenDialog->FileName);
			 FileDir  = ExtractFileDir(MainForm->OpenDialog->FileName);
			 strcpy(aFileName,FileName.c_str()); // Converteer AnsiString naar chars
		  }                                      // "rb" = binairy read, "wb" = binairy write, "ab" = binairy append
												 // "r" = read, "w" = write, "a" = append
	if ((fp = fopen(aFileName, "r")) == NULL)    // fp == NULL;  Cancel button
	   {
		  MessageBox(NULL,"Er is geen file geselecteerd. Er is geannuleerd.",NULL,0);
		  return 0;
	   }

	  p = &Regel[0];

	  while ( !feof(fp) )  {


	  while ( fgets(Regel, sizeof(Regel), fp) != NULL) // ReturnCode == NULL wanneer er en fout ontstaat. The EOF is considered to be an ERROR!

		{

		 while (p != NULL)

			{
				ShowMessage(p);
				p = strchr(p + 1,'\t');

			}

		 }

}

	  fclose(fp);

	  MainForm->UpDateStatusLine(StatusLijnRechts,FileName + "  data file geladen !!!");

return true;

}

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

bool LeesEventLogNieuw()  // I just change this to standalone function
{
  ifstream inputFile;
  char myString[50];

  inputFile.open("Test.txt");

  if (!inputFile)
  {
    // ShowMessage("Error in opening the file"); //didn't supply this function
    cout << "Error in opening the file" << endl;
    return 1;
  }

  inputFile.getline(myString, 50, '\n');

  //ShowMessage(myString);  //You did not supply this function
  cout << "myString is: <" << myString << endl;

  inputFile.close();   // you should always close the file when done with it
  return 0;
}

int main(void)
{
  cout << "LeesEventLogNieuw() returns: " << LeesEventLogNieuw() << endl;

  return 0;
}

MainForm->OpenDialog->Filter = "txt|*.txt";

	if (MainForm->OpenDialog->Execute())  {

		FileName = ExtractFileName(MainForm->OpenDialog->FileName);
		strcpy(aFileName,FileName.c_str());

	}

	inputFile.open(aFileName);