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Seek Method

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Sets the current position of this stream to the given value.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function Seek ( _
    offset As Long, _
    origin As SeekOrigin _
) As Long
public override long Seek(
    long offset,
    SeekOrigin origin
)
public:
virtual long long Seek(
    long long offset, 
    SeekOrigin origin
) override
abstract Seek : 
        offset:int64 * 
        origin:SeekOrigin -> int64 
override Seek : 
        offset:int64 * 
        origin:SeekOrigin -> int64 
public override function Seek(
    offset : long, 
    origin : SeekOrigin
) : long

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Int64
The new position in the stream.

Remarks

Note

Use the FileStream..::..CanSeek property to determine whether the current instance supports seeking. For additional information, see Stream..::..CanSeek.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

FileStream Class

System.IO Namespace