BinaryReader

Remarks

The bytes from a stream can be read and cast to a specific datatype. Each datatype will determine the number of bytes to be read from the stream. Once the number of bytes have been read, they are assembled into the requested datatype, advancing the position in the stream the required number of bytes.

Characters can be read from the Stream using the provided Encoding system. The default encoding system is equal to New UTF8Encoding.

To create a new BinaryReader use the public constructor.

 Set reader = Cor.NewBinaryReader(MyFileStream)

 - or -

 Set reader = NewBinaryReader(MyFileStream)
 

See Also

Project VBCorLib Overview | Constructors | BinaryWriter

Implements:

Public:

Properties:

Name	Description
BaseStream (get)	Returns the underlying Stream being read by the Reader.

Methods:

Name	Description
CloseReader	Closes the reader and underlying Stream.
Equals	Returns a boolean indicating if the value and this object instance are the same instance.
GetHashCode	Returns a pseudo-unique number identifying this instance.
PeekChar	Returns the next character to be decoded from the byte stream. The position in the stream is not advanced after the read.
Read	Fills either a Byte array or Integer array with the specified number of elements. Or returns the next character to be decoded from the stream.
ReadBoolean	Returns a boolean from the stream.
ReadByte	Reads the next byte in the stream, and advances the position one byte.
ReadBytes	Reads the specified number of bytes from the stream and returns them in an array.
ReadChar	Reads the next decode character in the stream, and advances the position the number of bytes requirece to assemble a single character.
ReadChars	Returns a specified number of characters decoded from the stream.
ReadCurrency	Reads 8 bytes from the stream and returns them as a Currency datatype.
ReadDate	Reads 8 bytes from the stream and returns them as a Date datatype.
ReadDecimal	Reads 16 bytes from the stream and returns them as a Variant Decimal datatype.
ReadDouble	Reads 8 bytes from the stream and returns them as a Double datatype.
ReadInteger	Reads 2 bytes from the stream and returns them as an Integer datatype.
ReadLong	Reads 4 bytes from the stream and returns them as a Long datatype.
ReadSingle	Reads 4 bytes from the stream and returns them as a Single datatype.
ReadString	Reads a String from the stream.
ToString	Returns a string representation of this object instance.