BinaryStream

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BinaryStream class
Available on
General
Superclass	Object
Interfaces	* Readable Writeable
Constants
Handle types HandleTypeFileNumber = 3 HandleTypeFilePointer = 2 HandleTypeMacFileSpecPointer = 5 HandleTypeMacFileRefNum = 4 HandleTypeWin32Handle = 1
Methods
Properties
EOF as Boolean LastErrorCode as Integer Length as UInt64 LittleEndian as Boolean Position as UInt64
Events
none
NOTE: You can get descriptions of the items above from the REALbasic documentation.

A BinaryStream represents an open file (or block of memory) and provides random access to it.

Contents 1 Methods 1.1 Sub BinaryStream(handle as Integer, type as Integer) 1.2 Function Handle(Type as Integer) as Integer 2 Notes

[edit] Methods

[edit] Sub BinaryStream(handle as Integer, type as Integer)

This constructor allows you to create a BinaryStream object from a reference obtained from an external function. Not all types are supported on all platforms.

HandleTypeFileNumber specifies a file descriptor; this type does not appear to be supported in Mac OS X.

[edit] Function Handle(Type as Integer) as Integer

[edit] Notes

• Length and Position were changed from Integer to UInt64 in REALbasic 2006r4.