HB> I've scanned the help, headers, books, everything I could find, and can't 
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HB> the answer to the following:
HB> 
HB> Is there a way to identify the mode that an fstream was opened in?
HB> (binary vs. text -- borland 4.5)
HB> 
HB> If so, HOW?
HB> 
HB> I've looked at the various iofstreams, iostreams, ios, streambuf, etc...
HB> class definitions, but nothing pops out screaming *IT'S ME* :(
    The only thing I've found is in the bas class IOS.
    Look at "Public Data Members", "open_mode".
    Next is,
    Syntax
    int rdstate();
    Description
    Returns the stream state by returning the value of the data member state 
    of class ios.
    This probably does nothing more than test fro good,bad,fail, etc.
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