CC> TM> open_mode is an enumeration type, not a member variable/function
CC> Public Data Members
CC> seek_dir
CC> open_mode
CC> adjustfield
CC> basefield
CC> floatfield
May  I  guess that you copied this from your Borland C++ Class Library
Help file? Open it again and click on open_mode. What does appear?
enum open_mode  {
//...
};
CC>     Yes, you can create you own child class and add a function
CC>     for testing open_mode.
I didn't argue against that.
Thomas
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