XmlReader.CanReadBinaryContent Property (System.Xml)

CanReadBinaryContent Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

XmlReader..::.CanReadBinaryContent Property

Gets a value indicating whether the XmlReader implements the binary content read methods.

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property CanReadBinaryContent As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As XmlReader
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.CanReadBinaryContent

public virtual bool CanReadBinaryContent { get; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property bool CanReadBinaryContent {
    bool get ();
}

JScript

public function get CanReadBinaryContent () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the binary content read methods are implemented; otherwise false.

Remarks

The binary content read methods include the ReadContentAsBase64, ReadContentAsBinHex, ReadElementContentAsBase64, and ReadElementContentAsBinHex methods. If this property returns false a NotSupportedException is returned when any of the binary read methods is called.

All Microsoft .NET Framework implementations of the XmlReader class return true for this property.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

XmlReader Class

XmlReader Members

System.Xml Namespace

Other Resources

Reading XML with the XmlReader