'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function OpenRead( _
   ByVal share As FileShare _
) As Stream

'Usage
 
Dim instance As AbstractFile
Dim share As FileShare
Dim value As Stream
 
value = instance.OpenRead(share)

public Stream OpenRead( 
   FileShare share
)

Parameters

share

A System.IO.FileShare constant that determines how the file will be shared with different processes.

Return Value

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.

The share parameter allows you to control how the file is shared by different processes. Some specializations of the AbstractFile class may not support any or all of the values defined in this enumeration. In this case, an exception is thrown.

.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.

Reference

AbstractFile Class
AbstractFile Members
Overload List
System.IO.FileShare.Read
AbstractFile Class
System.IO.Stream