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    THandleStream.Read

    Overrides standard read method.

    Declaration

    Source position: classesh.inc line 1589

    public 
function THandleStream.Read(var Buffer; Count: LongInt) : LongInt
                           ;  override;

    Description

    Read overrides the Read method of TStream. It uses the Handle property to read the Count bytes into Buffer

    If no error occurs while reading, the number of bytes actually read will be returned.

    Errors

    If the operating system reports an error while reading from the handle, -1 is returned.

    See also

    Name Description
    TStream.Read Reads data from the stream to a buffer and returns the number of bytes read.
    THandleStream.Write Overrides standard write method.
    THandleStream.Handle The OS handle of the stream.