PathIO.ReadBufferAsync(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Storage

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Reads the contents of the file at the specified path or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and returns a buffer.

public:
 static IAsyncOperation<IBuffer ^> ^ ReadBufferAsync(Platform::String ^ absolutePath);

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
 static IAsyncOperation<IBuffer> ReadBufferAsync(winrt::hstring const& absolutePath);

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
public static IAsyncOperation<IBuffer> ReadBufferAsync(string absolutePath);

function readBufferAsync(absolutePath)

Public Shared Function ReadBufferAsync (absolutePath As String) As IAsyncOperation(Of IBuffer)

Parameters

absolutePath: String
Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The path of the file to read.

Returns

IAsyncOperation<IBuffer>

When this method completes, it returns an object (type IBuffer) that represents the contents of the file.

Attributes: RemoteAsyncAttribute

Applies to