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TFileStream.Create

Creates a file stream.

Declaration

Source position: classesh.inc line 939

public constructor TFileStream.Create(

  const AFileName: string;

  Mode: Word

);

constructor TFileStream.Create(

  const AFileName: string;

  Mode: Word;

  Rights: Cardinal

);

Description

Create creates a new instance of a TFileStream class. It opens the file AFileName with mode Mode, which can have one of the following values:

fmCreate TFileStream.Create creates a new file if needed.
fmOpenRead TFileStream.Create opens a file with read-only access.
fmOpenWrite TFileStream.Create opens a file with write-only access.
fmOpenReadWrite TFileStream.Create opens a file with read-write access.

After the file has been opened in the requested mode and a handle has been obtained from the operating system, the inherited constructor is called.

Errors

If the file could not be opened in the requested mode, an EFOpenError exception is raised.

See also

TStream

  

Base class for streams.

TFileStream.FileName

  

The filename of the stream.

THandleStream.Create

  

Create a handlestream from an OS Handle.


Documentation generated on: Nov 16 2015