TStream

type TStream = object(TObject)

  Status: Integer;

Current stream status

  ErrorInfo: Integer;

Additional error info when there is an error.

  StreamSize: LongInt;

Current size of the stream

  Position: LongInt;

Current Stream position

  TPCompatible: Boolean;

If set to True streamed data is written in a TP compatible format.

  constructor Init;

Constructor for TStream instance

  function Get;

Read an object definition from the stream.

  function StrRead;

Read a null-terminated string from the stream.

  function GetPos; virtual;

Return current position in the stream

  function GetSize; virtual;

Return the size of the stream.

  function ReadStr;

Read a shortstring from the stream.

  procedure Open(); virtual;

Open the stream

  procedure Close; virtual;

Close the stream

  procedure Reset;

Reset the stream

  procedure Flush; virtual;

Flush the stream data from the buffer, if any.

  procedure Truncate; virtual;

Truncate the stream size on current position.

  procedure Put();

Write an object to the stream.

  procedure StrWrite();

Write a null-terminated string to the stream.

  procedure WriteStr();

Write a pascal string to the stream.

  procedure Seek(); virtual;

Set stream position.

  procedure Error(); virtual;

Set stream status

  procedure Read(); virtual;

Read data from stream to buffer.

  procedure Write(); virtual;

Write a number of bytes to the stream.

  procedure CopyFrom();

Copy data from another stream.

end;

TStream

Base stream class

TObject

Basis of all objects

PStream

Pointer type to TStream

TDosStream

DOS file stream

TMemoryStream

Stream which keeps data in memory.