Reference for package '#rtl'

THandleStream.Read

Overrides standard read method.

Declaration

Source position: classesh.inc line 1173

public 
  function Read(var Buffer; Count: LongInt) : LongInt;  Override;

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.

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

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