SeekOrigin Enumeration

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Provides the fields that represent reference points in streams for seeking.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Enumeration SeekOrigin

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum SeekOrigin

Members

	Member name	Description
	Begin	Specifies the beginning of a stream.
	Current	Specifies the current position within a stream.
	End	Specifies the end of a stream.

Remarks

SeekOrigin is used by the Seek methods of Stream, FileStream, MemoryStream, BinaryWriter, and other classes. The Seek methods take an offset parameter that is relative to the position specified by SeekOrigin.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

Reference

System.IO Namespace