Xceed .NET Libraries Documentation
Xceed.FileSystem Assembly / Xceed.FileSystem Namespace / AbstractFile Class / OpenRead Method / OpenRead() Method


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    OpenRead() Method
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    Opens the file for reading.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    
    Public Overloads Function OpenRead() As Stream
    'Usage
     
    
    Dim instance As AbstractFile
    Dim value As Stream
     
    value = instance.OpenRead()
    public Stream OpenRead()

    Return Value

    A System.IO.Stream object that can be used to read data from the file.
    Remarks

    The returned stream is guaranteed to be readable, but may or may not be seekable.

    The file will be opened with System.IO.FileShare.Read shared access.

    Supported Frameworks

    .NET: net5.0, net5.0-windows, net6.0, net6.0-macos, net6.0-windows, net7.0, net7.0-macos, net7.0-windows, net8.0, net8.0-browser, net8.0-macos, net8.0-windows, net9.0, net9.0-browser, net9.0-macos, net9.0-windows, net10.0, net10.0-browser, net10.0-macos, net10.0-windows.

    .NET Standard: netstandard2.0, netstandard2.1

    .NET Framework: net20, net35, net40, net403, net45, net451, net452, net46, net461, net462, net463, net47, net471, net472, net48, net481.

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