Stream.CanRead Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports reading.

Namespace:   System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property CanRead As Boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean

true if the stream supports reading; otherwise, false.

If a class derived from Stream does not support reading, calls to the Read, ReadByte, and BeginRead methods throw a NotSupportedException.

If the stream is closed, this property returns false.

The following is an example of using the CanRead property.

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Imports System
Imports System.IO

Class TestRW

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim fs As New FileStream("MyFile.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read)
        If fs.CanRead And fs.CanWrite Then
            Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt can be both written to and read from.")
        Else
            If fs.CanRead Then
                Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt is not writable.")
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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