Available Property

Gets the total number of bytes available.

[Visual Basic]
<BrowsableAttribute(False)>
<CategoryAttribute("Socket Info")>
<DescriptionAttribute("Gets the total number of bytes available (may cross multiple datagrams).")>
Public ReadOnly Property Available As Integer

[C#]
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[CategoryAttribute("Socket Info")]
[DescriptionAttribute("Gets the total number of bytes available (may cross multiple datagrams).")]
public int Available {get;}

[C++]
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[CategoryAttribute("Socket Info")]
[DescriptionAttribute("Gets the total number of bytes available (may cross multiple datagrams).")]
public: __property int get_Available();

[C++/CLI]
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[CategoryAttribute("Socket Info")]
[DescriptionAttribute("Gets the total number of bytes available (may cross multiple datagrams).")]
public:
property int Available {
   int get();
}

Return Type

An integer representing the number of bytes available to be received.

Remarks

When datagrams are received, they are collected in system buffers and must be received using Receive. Udp.Available reflects the number of bytes of data that are available to be received.

The number of bytes reported by this property may cross multiple datagrams, requiring multiple receives.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

See Also

Udp Class  | Udp Members