From: joe.foxhound@googlemail.com   
      
   I don't see any difference between using the binary open mode or not when   
   writing text or binary files?  Is there a difference or am I missing   
   something?   
      
   My example:   
      
   // Do you have to open in binary?   
      
   #include    
   #include    
   #include    
   using namespace std;   
      
   int main()   
   {   
       ofstream fout_t1("file1t.txt");   
       ofstream fout_b1("file1b.txt",ios_base::binary);   
       ofstream fout_t2("file2t.txt");   
       ofstream fout_b2("file2b.txt",ios_base::binary);   
      
       int i = 5;   
       double d = 9.8;   
       char x = 'Z';   
       string s = "Have a nice day";   
      
       // write to text file   
       fout_t1 << i << ' ' << d << ' ' << x << ' ' << s;   
       // write to binary file   
       fout_b1 << i << ' ' << d << ' ' << x << ' ' << s;   
      
       // write to text file   
       fout_t2.write(reinterpret_cast(&i), sizeof(i));   
       fout_t2.write(reinterpret_cast(&d), sizeof(d));   
       fout_t2.write(reinterpret_cast(&x), sizeof(x));   
       fout_t2.write(reinterpret_cast(&s), sizeof(s));   
      
       // write to binary file   
       fout_b2.write(reinterpret_cast(&i), sizeof(i));   
       fout_b2.write(reinterpret_cast(&d), sizeof(d));   
       fout_b2.write(reinterpret_cast(&x), sizeof(x));   
       fout_b2.write(reinterpret_cast(&s), sizeof(s));   
      
       return 0;   
   }   
      
      
   Thanks,   
   Joe   
      
      
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