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    TStream.GetSize

    Return the size of the stream.

    Declaration

    Source position: objects.pp line 318

    function TStream.GetSize : LongInt;  virtual;

    Description

    If the stream's status is stOk then GetSize returns the size of the stream, otherwise it returns -1.

    Errors

    -1 is returned if the status is an error condition.

    See also

    Name Description
    TStream.Seek Set stream position.
    TStream.GetPos Return current position in the stream.

    Example

    Program ex12;

{ Program to demonstrate the TStream.GetSize function }

Uses objects;

Var L : String;
    S : PStream;

begin
  L:='Some kind of string';
  S:=New(PMemoryStream,Init(100,10));
  Writeln ('Stream size before write: ',S^.GetSize);
  S^.WriteStr(@L);
  Writeln ('Stream size after write : ',S^.GetSize);
  Dispose(S,Done);
end.