Seek Method

Seeks a specific position in the stream.

[Visual Basic]
Overrides Public Function Seek( _
   ByVal offset As Long, _
   ByVal origin As SeekOrigin _
) As Long

[C#]
public override long Seek( 
   long offset,
   SeekOrigin origin
);

[C++]
public: long Seek( 
   long offset,
   SeekOrigin origin
) override 

[C++/CLI]
public:
long long Seek( 
   long long offset,
   SeekOrigin origin
) override 

Parameters

offset

A byte offset relative to origin.

origin

A value of type SeekOrigin indicating the reference point used to obtain the new position.

Return Type

The number of bytes that were sought.

Remarks

Returns value of CoreStream.Seek. TcpStream.Seek throws a NotSupportedException.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista

See Also

SegmentedStream Class  | SegmentedStream Members