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AssignStream procedure

In unit StreamIO

Assign a text file to a stream.

Declaration

pascal
procedure AssignStream(var F: Textfile; Stream: TStream)

Arguments

F

The file one wishes to reroute through a stream.

Stream

The stream that should perform the actual I/O.

Description

AssignStream assigns the stream Stream to file F. The file can subsequently be used to write to the stream, using the standard Write calls.

Before writing, call Rewrite on the stream. Before reading, call Reset.

Errors

if Stream is Nil, an exception will be raised.

See also

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.