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Reference for unit 'Classes' (#rtl)

THandleStream.Read

Overrides standard read method.

Declaration

Source position: classesh.inc line 939

public function THandleStream.Read(

var Buffer;

Count: LongInt

):LongInt; override;

Read overrides the Read method of TStream. It uses the Handle property to read the Count bytes into Buffer

If no error occurs while reading, the number of bytes actually read will be returned.

If the operating system reports an error while reading from the handle, -1 is returned.

TStream.Read		Reads data from the stream to a buffer and returns the number of bytes read.
THandleStream.Write		Overrides standard write method.
THandleStream.Handle		The OS handle of the stream.