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So, in a nutshell there is not status property or method and the way to &quot;close&quot; the stream is to dispose of it if it has been instantiated?<br />

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So, in a nutshell there is not status property or method and the way to "close" the stream is to dispose of it if it has been instantiated?


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I have not seen any status property. Disposing it would close it as well.
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I have not seen any status property. Disposing it would close it as well.

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Yes. In the case of a finally block, as you've described, there is no need to know the status.
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Yes. In the case of a finally block, as you've described, there is no need to know the status.

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Doh! I gotta learn to type quicker. ;)
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If your intention is to close it then tgerbert ways is the best choice.
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If your intention is to close it then tgerbert ways is the best choice.

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How can I determine the state of a stream writer object? &nbsp;I would like to know if it is open so that I can close it in my try catch finally block. &nbsp;
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How can I determine the state of a stream writer object?  I would like to know if it is open so that I can close it in my try catch finally block.  

Using System.IO.StreamWriter

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