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CanWrite Property

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Gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports writing.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  System.IO (in System.IO.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanWrite As Boolean
public override bool CanWrite { get; }
public:
virtual property bool CanWrite {
    bool get () override;
}
abstract CanWrite : bool with get
override CanWrite : bool with get
override function get CanWrite () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if the stream supports writing; false if the stream is closed or was opened with read-only access.

Remarks

If a class derived from Stream does not support writing, a call to SetLength, Write, or WriteByte throws a NotSupportedException.

If the stream is closed, this property returns false.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

FileStream Class

System.IO Namespace