[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See
Storage Client Library for the latest version.]
Downloads the contents of a blob to a stream.
Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Usage
| Visual Basic |
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Dim instance As CloudBlob
Dim target As Stream
instance.DownloadToStream(target) |
Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Sub DownloadToStream ( _
target As Stream _
) |
| C# |
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public void DownloadToStream (
Stream target
) |
| C++ |
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public:
void DownloadToStream (
Stream^ target
) |
Parameters
- target
Type: System.IO.Stream
The target stream.
Example
The following code example appends the contents of a text blob to a local text file.
| C# |  Copy Code |
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static void AppendTextBlobToFile(Uri blobEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
// Create service client for credentialed access to the Blob service.
CloudBlobClient blobClient =
new CloudBlobClient(blobEndpoint, new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));
// Get a reference to a blob.
CloudBlob blob = blobClient.GetBlobReference("mycontainer/myblob.txt");
// Download the blob to a file stream.
FileStream stream = new FileStream("C:\\appendtofile.txt", FileMode.Append);
blob.DownloadToStream(stream);
}
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Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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