OpenFileReadStream Method (path, attributes, lastWriteTime)

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Deployment Tools Foundation OpenFileReadStream Method (path, attributes, lastWriteTime)

Opens a stream to read a file that is to be included in an archive.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

Stream OpenFileReadStream(
	string path,
	out FileAttributes attributes,
	out DateTime lastWriteTime
)

Function OpenFileReadStream ( _
	path As String, _
	<OutAttribute> ByRef attributes As FileAttributes, _
	<OutAttribute> ByRef lastWriteTime As DateTime _
) As Stream

Stream^ OpenFileReadStream(
	String^ path, 
	[OutAttribute] FileAttributes% attributes, 
	[OutAttribute] DateTime% lastWriteTime
)

Parameters

path (String): The path of the file within the archive. This is often, but not necessarily, the same as the relative path of the file outside the archive.

attributes ( FileAttributes %): Returned attributes of the opened file, to be stored in the archive.

lastWriteTime ( DateTime %): Returned last-modified time of the opened file, to be stored in the archive.

Return Value

A readable Stream where the file bytes will be read from before they are compressed, or null to skip inclusion of the file and continue to the next file.

Assembly: Microsoft.Deployment.Compression (Module: Microsoft.Deployment.Compression) Version: 3.0.0.0 (3.5.1623.0)

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