When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports seeking.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property CanSeek As Boolean
Dim instance As Stream
Dim value As Boolean
value = instance.CanSeek
public abstract bool CanSeek { get; }
public:
virtual property bool CanSeek {
bool get () abstract;
}
public abstract function get CanSeek () : boolean
Property Value
Type:
System..::.Boolean
true if the stream supports seeking; otherwise, false.
For an example of creating a file and writing text to a file, see How to: Write Text to a File. For an example of reading text from a file, see How to: Read Text from a File. For an example of reading from and writing to a binary file, see How to: Read and Write to a Newly Created Data File.
If a class derived from Stream does not support seeking, calls to Length, SetLength, Position, and Seek throw a NotSupportedException.
If the stream is closed, this property returns false.
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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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