TDosStream.Init

Instantiate a new instance of TDosStream.

Declaration

Source position: objects.pp line 362

Description

Init instantiates an instance of TDosStream. The name of the file that contains (or will contain) the data of the stream is given in FileName. The Mode parameter determines whether a new file should be created and what access rights you have on the file. It can be one of the following constants:

stCreate

Creates a new file.

stOpenRead

Read access only.

stOpenWrite

Write access only.

stOpen

Read and write access.

For an example, see TDosStream.Truncate.

Errors

On error, Status is set to stInitError, and ErrorInfo is set to the dos error code.

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