MemoryStream.Seek Method

public override long Seek (
	long offset,
	SeekOrigin loc
)

public long Seek (
	long offset, 
	SeekOrigin loc
)

public override function Seek (
	offset : long, 
	loc : SeekOrigin
) : long

Parameters

offset

The new position within the stream. This is relative to the loc parameter, and can be positive or negative.

loc

A value of type SeekOrigin, which acts as the seek reference point.

Return Value

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.

This method overrides Seek.

Seeking to any location beyond the length of the stream is supported.

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

// Set the position to the beginning of the stream.
memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

// Set the position to the beginning of the stream.
memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

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.NET Framework

.NET Compact Framework