TReadBufStream.Seek

Set location in the buffer

Declaration

Source position: bufstream.pp line 63

public function TReadBufStream.Seek(

const Offset: Int64;

Origin: TSeekOrigin

):Int64; override;

Arguments

`Offset`		Offset (in bytes) of origin
`Origin`		Origin of seek operation

Function result

New position

Description

Seek sets the location in the buffer. Currently, only a forward seek is allowed. It is emulated by reading and discarding data. For an explanation of the parameters, see TStream.Seek".

The seek method needs enhancement to enable it to do a full-featured seek. This may be implemented in a future release of Free Pascal.

Errors

In case an illegal seek operation is attempted, an exception is raised.