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CryptoStream.Write Method

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Writes a sequence of bytes to the current CryptoStream and advances the current position within this stream by the number of bytes written.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Sub Write ( _
    buffer As Byte(), _
    offset As Integer, _
    count As Integer _
)

public override void Write(
    byte[] buffer,
    int offset,
    int count
)

Parameters

  • buffer
    Type: array<System.Byte[]
    An array of bytes. This method copies count bytes from buffer to the current stream.
  • offset
    Type: System.Int32
    The byte offset in buffer at which to begin copying bytes to the current stream.
  • count
    Type: System.Int32
    The number of bytes to be written to the current stream.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
NotSupportedException

The CryptoStreamMode associated with the current CryptoStream object does not match the underlying stream. For example, this exception is thrown when using Write with an underlying stream that is read only.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The offset parameter is less than zero.

-or-

The count parameter is less than zero.
ArgumentException

The sum of the count and offset parameters is longer than the length of the buffer.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.