When overridden in a derived class, gets the length in bytes of the stream.
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Length As Long
Dim instance As Stream Dim value As Long value = instance.Length
public abstract long Length { get; }
public: virtual property long long Length { long long get () abstract; }
public abstract function get Length () : long
A class derived from Stream does not support seeking.
Methods were called after the stream was closed.
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