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MemoryStream.Position Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the current position within the stream.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public override long Position { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int64
The current position within the stream.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The position is set to a negative value or a value greater than MaxValue.
ObjectDisposedException	The stream is closed.

Examples

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MemoryStream class.

C++

// Write the stream properties to the console.
Console.WriteLine(
    "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, Position = {2}\n",
    memStream.Capacity.ToString(),
    memStream.Length.ToString(),
    memStream.Position.ToString());

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

MemoryStream Class

System.IO Namespace

Other Resources

File and Stream I/O

How to: Read Text from a File

How to: Write Text to a File

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