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9 Feb 2006 11:06 PM
YYZ
Are there any articles on the net explaining what streams are, why they
exist at all, etc?  I honestly don't know why these things aren't just
a part of a file object...

Matt

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9 Feb 2006 11:14 PM
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
"YYZ" <matt.da***@gmail.com> schrieb:
> Are there any articles on the net explaining what streams are, why they
> exist at all, etc?  I honestly don't know why these things aren't just
> a part of a file object...

<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_%28computer%29>

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9 Feb 2006 11:27 PM
YYZ
Wow -- thanks for the quick response.

Matt
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9 Feb 2006 11:22 PM
Justin Swan (MSFT)
Hi there,

Here are some articles that can hopefully help you to understand file streams:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemiofilestreamclasstopic.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemIOFileStreamClassTopic.asp

hope these can help!

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> Are there any articles on the net explaining what streams are, why they
> exist at all, etc?  I honestly don't know why these things aren't just
> a part of a file object...
>
> Matt
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