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MemoryStream.WriteByte Method

.NET Framework 4.5

Writes a byte to the current stream at the current position.

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

'Declaration
Public Overrides Sub WriteByte ( _
	value As Byte _
)

Parameters

value: Type: System.Byte
The byte to write.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
NotSupportedException	The stream does not support writing. For additional information see CanWrite. -or- The current position is at the end of the stream, and the capacity cannot be modified.
ObjectDisposedException	The current stream is closed.

Exception

Condition

NotSupportedException

The stream does not support writing. For additional information see CanWrite.

-or-

The current position is at the end of the stream, and the capacity cannot be modified.

ObjectDisposedException

The current stream is closed.

Remarks

This method overrides WriteByte.

Except for a MemoryStream constructed with a byte[] parameter, write operations at the end of a MemoryStream expand the MemoryStream.

Examples

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

C++

' Write the second string to the stream, byte by byte.
count = 0
While(count < secondString.Length)
    memStream.WriteByte(secondString(count))
    count += 1
End While

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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