WORD w;

char pFileName[512];

CFile f;

char buf[512];

strcpy( pFileName, "position.pos" );

f.Open( pFileName, CFile::modeRead );

CArchive ar( &f, CArchive::load, 512, buf );

// To write to file, use:

// f.Open( pFileName, CFile::modeCreate | CFile::modeWrite );

// CArchive ar( &f, CArchive::store, 512, buf );

ar >> w;

version = (int) w;

// First a check for which version that created the file

// Version = 124 means the versions 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2

// Version = 125 means the versions 1.6 to 2.5

// Version = 126 means 3.0 or newer

// When writing, use 126

if ( version < 124 || version > 126 )

{

      // Not a JellyFish Position file!

      return;

}

if ( version == 126 )

// 3.0

{

      ar >> w;   use caution = (BOOL) w;

      ar >> w;   // Not in use

}

if ( version == 125 || version == 126 )

// 1.6 or newer

{

      // 3 variables not used by older version

      ar >> w;   use cube = (BOOL) w;

      ar >> w;   jacoby = (BOOL) w;

      ar >> w;   beaver = (BOOL) w;

      if ( version == 125 )

      {

           // If reading, caution can be set here

           use caution =

      }

}

if ( version == 124 )

// 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2

{

      // If reading, the other variables can be set here

      use cube =

      jacoby =

      beaver =

      use caution =

}

ar >> w;   cube value = (int) w;

ar >> w;   cube owner = (int) w;

// Owner: 1 or 2 is player 1 or 2, 

// respectively, 0 means cube in the middle

ar >> w;   on roll = (int) w;

// 0 means starting position. 

// If you add 2 to the player (to get 3 or 4)

// it means that the player is on roll 

// but the dice have not been rolled yet.

ar >> w;   moves left = (int) w;

ar >> w;   moves right = (int) w;

// These two variables are used when you use movement #1,

// (two buttons) and tells how many moves you have left 

// to play with the left and the right die, respectively. 

// Initialized to 1 (if you roll a double, left = 4 and

// right = 0). If movement #2 (one button), only the first 

// one (left) is used to store both dice.

ar >> w;   not in use = w;

ar >> w;   game or match = (int) w;

// 1 = match, 3 = game

ar >> w;   opponent = (int) w;

// 1 = 2 players, 2 = JF plays one side

ar >> w;   level = (int) w;

ar >> w;   match length = (int) w;

// 0 if single game

ar >> w;   match score player 1 = (int) w;

ar >> w;   match score player 2 = (int) w;

// Can be whatever if match length = 0

ar >> name player 1;

ar >> name player 2;

ar >> w;   swap dice = (BOOL) w;

// TRUE if lower die is to be drawn to the left

ar >> w;   crawford = (int) w;

// 1 = pre-Crawford, 2 = Crawford, 3 = post-Crawford

ar >> w;   JF played last = (BOOL) w;

ar >> last move;

// Stores whether the last move was played by JF

// If so, the move is stored in a string to be 

// displayed in the 'Show last' dialog box

ar >> w;   die1 = abs( (int) w );

ar >> w;   die2 = (int) w;

if ( die1 <0 ) { die1="pow(" 2, 8*sizeof(WORD) ); } // In the end the position itself is stored, // as well as the old position to be able to undo. // The two position arrays can be read like this: int pNew[ 26 ]; int pOld[ 26 ]; for ( int i="0;" i < 26; i++ ) { ar>> w;

      pNew[ i ]=( (int) w ) - 20;

      ar >> w;

      pOld[ i ]=( (int) w ) - 20;

      // 20 has been added to each number when storing

}

// Player 1's checkers are represented with negative numbers, 

// player 2's with positive. The arrays are representing the 

// 26 different points on the board, starting with pNew[0]

// which is the upper bar and ending with pNew[25] which is 

// the bottom bar. The remaining numbers are in the opposite 

// direction of the numbers you see if you choose 'Numbers' 

// from the 'View' menu, so pNew[1] is marked number 24

// on the screen.

ar.Close();

f.Close();

// When finished, close the archive as well as the file