Gets or sets the current position of this stream.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overrides Property Position As Long
Dim instance As FileStream
Dim value As Long
value = instance.Position
instance.Position = value
public override long Position { get; set; }
public:
virtual property long long Position {
long long get () override;
void set (long long value) override;
}
public override function get Position () : long
public override function set Position (value : long)
Seeking to any location beyond the length of the stream is supported. When you seek beyond the length of the file, the file size grows. In Microsoft Windows NT and newer, any data added to the end of the file is set to zero. In Microsoft Windows 98 or earlier, any data added to the end of the file is not set to zero, which means that previously deleted data is visible to the stream. Setting the position of the stream to a large value beyond the end of the stream in Windows 98 or earlier may result in an exception being raised.
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.
The following example uses the Length and Position properties to check for an end-of-file condition.
If s.Length = s.Position Then
Console.WriteLine("End of file has been reached.")
End If
if( s.Length==s.Position )
{
Console.WriteLine("End of file has been reached.");
}
if ( s->Length == s->Position )
{
Console::WriteLine( "End of file has been reached." );
}
if( s.Length==s.Position )
Console.WriteLine("End of file has been reached.");
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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