Help About a Error - c++

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HI,
I got this Error in my code i can't understand how to pass a command line argument while the exe of my programe is not created how i write the name of that .exe file.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\filehandling\file.cpp(205) : error C2451: conditional expression of type 'class std::basic_fstream >' is illegal
Ambiguous user-defined-conversion
#include "iostream"
#include "cstdlib"
#include "cstdio"
#include "ctime"
#include "fstream"
#include "istream"
using namespace std;
class shapes
{
public:
virtual void draw()=0;
virtual void save(fstream &out)=0;
virtual void open(fstream &in)=0;
};
class myline : public shapes
{
private:
int sx,sy,ex,ey,color;
public:
myline()
{}
myline(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, int clr)
{
sx=x1;
sy=y1;
ex=x2;
ey=y2;
color=clr;
}
void draw()
{
cout<<"Line-draw()"<<endl;
}
void save(fstream &out)
{
out<<"L"<<"\n";
out<<sx<<""<<sy<<""<<ex<<""<<ey<<""<<color<<"\n";
}
void open(fstream &in)
{
in>>sx>>sy>>ex>>ey>>color;
}
};
class myrectangle: public shapes
{
private:
int sx,sy,ex,ey,color;
public:
myrectangle()
{}
myrectangle(int x1, int y1,int x2, int y2,int clr)
{
sx=x1;
sy=y1;
ex=x2;
ey=y2;
color=clr;
}
void draw()
{
cout<<"Rectangle-draw()"<<endl;
}
void save(fstream &out)
{
out<<"R"<<"\n";
out<<sx<<""<<sy<<""<<ex<<""<<ey<<""<<color<<"\n";
}
void open(fstream &in)
{
in>>sx>>sy>>ex>>ey>>color;
}
};
class mycircle: public shapes
{
private:
int sx, sy, radius, color;
public:
mycircle()
{
}
mycircle(int x1, int y1, int r, int clr)
{
sx=x1;
sy=y1;
radius=r;
color=clr;
}
void draw()
{
cout<<"Circle-draw()"<<endl;
}
void save(fstream &out)
{
out<<"C"<<"\n";
out<<sx<<""<<sy<<""<<radius<<""<<color<<"\n";
}
void open(fstream &in)
{
in>>sx>>sy>>radius>>color;
}
};
struct node
{
void*obj;
node*link;
};
class objarray
{
private:
node*head;
public:
objarray()
{
head= NULL;
}
void add(void*o)
{
node*temp = new node;
temp->obj=o;
temp->link=NULL;
if(head==NULL)
head=temp;
else
{
node*q;
q=head;
while(q->link != NULL)
q=q->link;
q->link=temp;
}
}
void*getobj(int i)
{
node*q;
q=head;
int n;
for (n=1; n<i; n++)
{
q=q->link;
}
return(q->link);
}
int getcount()
{
int n=0;
node*q;
q=head;
while(q != NULL)
{
q=q->link;
n++;
}
return n;
}
~objarray()
{
node *q;
q=head;
while(q != NULL)
{
head = head->link;
delete q;
q=head;
}
}
};
int main(int argc ,char*argv[])
{
fstream file;
char choice;
int clmum,sx,sy,ex,ey,rad;
shapes*ptr;
objarray arr;
char a[2];
int i;
if(argc==2)
file.open(argv[1], ios::in|ios::out);
while(file)
{
file>>a;
if(strcmp(a,"L")==0)
{
myline*l = new myline();
l->open(file);
arr.add(l);
}
if(strcmp(a,"R")==0)
{
myrectangle *a=new myrectangle();
a->open(file);
arr.add(a);
}
if(strcmp(a,"C")==0)
{
mycircle*c=new mycircle();
c->open(file);
arr.add(c);
}
}
int count = arr.getcount();
for(i=1; i<=count; i++)
{
ptr=(shapes*)arr.getobj(i);
ptr->draw();
}
srand((unsigned ) time(NULL));
while(1)
{
cout<<endl<<"1.Line 2. Rectanle 3.Circle 4.Exit"<<endl;
cout<<"Your Choice:";
fflush(stdin);
cin.get(choice);;
clmum=rand()%16;
sx=rand()%638;
sy=rand()%478;
ex=rand()%638;
ey=rand()%478;
rad=rand()%200;
myline*l;
myrectangle*a;
mycircle*c;
switch(choice)
{
case '1':
l = new myline(sx, sy, ex,ey,clmum);
if(l=NULL)
exit(1);
arr.add(l);
cout<<"Following Line added to array"<<endl;
cout<<"sx="<<sx<<"sy="<<sy<<"ex ="<<ex<<"ey ="<<ey<<"color ="<<clmum<<endl;
break;
case '2':
a = new myrectangle(sx,sy,ex,ey,clmum);
if(a==NULL)
exit(1);
arr.add(a);
cout<<"Following Rectangle added to array"<<endl;
cout<<"sx="<<sx<<"sy="<<sy<<"ex ="<<ex<<"ey ="<<ey<<"color ="<<clmum<<endl;
break;
case '3':
c=new mycircle(sx,sy,rad,clmum);
if(c==NULL);
exit(1);
arr.add(c);
cout<<"Following Circle added to array"<<endl;
cout<<"sx="<<sx<<"sy="<<sy<<"rad ="<<rad<<"color"<<clmum<<endl;
break;
case '4':
if(argc==1)
{
cout<<"Enter File name:";
char name[67];
cin>>name;
file.open(name,ios::out);
}
count=arr.getcount();
file.seekp(0L,ios::beg);
file.clear();
for(i=1; i<=count;i++)
{
ptr=(shapes*) arr.getobj(i);
ptr->save(file);
}
file.close();
cout<<"Array save to file......exiting"<<endl;
exit(1);
}
}
return 0;
}

Answer 1

Here's your problem area (at least the area of the problem you've identified):
while(file)
{
file>>a;
What you're getting should be a warning, not an error -- there's one conversion that should be used here. Even though what it's told you is technically wrong, it's still done you a favor by identifying buggy code. The problem is that you're testing whether the read succeeded before you actually do the read. Therefore, when/if the read fails, you'll execute another iteration of your loop before the loop exits.
You want to combine the reading and testing so you'll detect a failed read immediately after it happens. You can do this by replacing both of the lines above with: while (file >> a) {

Answer 2

Your problem is the line 205, while (file). It should be while (!file.eof())

Answer 3

As pointed out by CariElf, your file won't turn to NULL or 0 or something like that during that while loop. On the other hand, the file's "end of file" marker will be true at some point.
About your... well, other question I guess ("i can't understand how to pass a command line argument while the exe of my programe is not created"):
You can tell VS you want to pass some command line arguments by changing "Command Arguments" in Project->Properties, on the Configuration Properties->Debugging tab.