Static data member doesn't maintain its value

[A Atta]

Hi all,
i made static ifstream object but it causes an access violation error, i declared it like this:

// in .h file
private:
	static ifstream reader;

// in .cpp file
ifstream ClassName::reader ("fileName.txt");

// error arises here
while (!reader.eof())
	{
	   .....
	}

oh, i forgot something, i already did the same in VS2008 and it worked very well, when i copy the same class in VS2005 project it caused that error

thanks in advance

[PanGalactic]

Have a look through the VS2008 release notes. My guess is that this was a defect in VS2005 that was fixed in the later release.