When overridden in a derived class, gets or sets the position within the current stream.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Public MustOverride Property Position As Long
public abstract long Position { get; set; }
public: virtual property long long Position { long long get () abstract; void set (long long value) abstract; }
abstract Position : int64 with get, set
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| IOException |
An I/O error occurs. |
| NotSupportedException |
The stream does not support seeking. |
| ObjectDisposedException |
Methods were called after the stream was closed. |
The stream must support seeking to get or set the position. Use the CanSeek property to determine whether the stream supports seeking.
Seeking to any location beyond the length of the stream is supported.
The Position property does not keep track of the number of bytes from the stream that have been consumed, skipped, or both.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Portable Class Library
Supported in: Portable Class LibraryWindows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.