BinaryStream.Read Function

Reads Count characters from the stream starting at the Position property and returns them as a String. The optional parameter Encoding enables you to specify the text encoding to be defined on the returned string.

Syntax

result = BinaryStream.Read( Count, [Encoding] )

Parameters

Count

Integer

Encoding

TextEncoding (Optional)

Return Value

Result

String

Notes

Use the Encodings object to specify the text encoding. If you omit this parameter (or pass Nil), then the encoding of the returned string will be Nil.