Unit 'IniFiles' Package
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TCustomIniFile.ReadBinaryStream

Read binary data.

Declaration

Source position: inifiles.pp line 194

public function TCustomIniFile.ReadBinaryStream(

  const Section: string;

  const Name: string;

  Value: TStream

):Integer; virtual;

Arguments

Section

  

Section to read Name from.

Name

  

Name of key to retrieve value from.

Value

  

Stream to write data to.

Function result

Number of bytes written to Value.

Description

ReadBinaryStream reads the key Name in section Section, and returns the value in the stream Value. If the specified key or section do not exist, then the contents of Value are left untouched. The stream is not cleared prior to adding data to it.

The data is interpreted as a series of 2-byte hexadecimal values, each representing a byte in the data stream, i.e, it should always be an even number of hexadecimal characters.

See also

WriteBinaryStream

  

Write binary data.

ReadInteger

  

Read an integer value from the file.

ReadBool

  

ReadDate

  

Read a date value.

ReadDateTime

  

Read a Date/Time value.

ReadTime

  

Read a time value.

ReadFloat

  

Read a floating point value.

ReadString

  

Read a string valued key.


Documentation generated on: Nov 23 2024