MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Jul 4 21:08:29 CDT 2007
I thought it was dedclared this way Imports System.IO Dim s As System.IO.Stream jwcolby wrote: >Ron, > >Unfortunately intellisense is telling me that a type STREAM is required, and >furthermore if I try to pass any of the subtypes the DLLs class constructor >refuses to accept it. It seems that I cannot do a new on it but I may be >able to somehow dim an instance of the base class. > >John W. Colby >Colby Consulting >www.ColbyConsulting.com >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ron Allen >Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:35 PM >To: jwcolby >Subject: Re: [dba-VB] VB.Net - System.IO.Stream > >Hi John, > >Stream is an abstract class so an instance can't be created. You need to >create an instance of a specific type of stream then pass that. I've never >used it, but I suspect what you need is a MemoryStream, you might want to >check into that. > >Ron > > >Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 10:24:23 AM, you wrote: > > > >>I am working with a library that wants a stream passed in. NOT a >>StreamReader, a plain old stream. According to the docs, Stream is >>supposed to be a member of System.IO but it does not appear to be. >>According to Microsoft's docs, Stream is supposed to be the base class >>and is supposed to be accessible. I cannot get at it. >> >> > > > >>Does anyone know how to reference System.IO.Stream? >> >> > > > > >--- >avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >Virus Database (VPS): 000754-0, 07/04/2007 Tested on: 7/4/2007 12:34:49 PM >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. >http://www.avast.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-VB mailing list >dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >_______________________________________________ >dba-VB mailing list >dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb >http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada