'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function OpenRead( _
   ByVal events As FileSystemEvents, _
   ByVal userData As Object, _
   ByVal share As FileShare _
) As Stream

'Usage
 
Dim instance As AbstractFile
Dim events As FileSystemEvents
Dim userData As Object
Dim share As FileShare
Dim value As Stream
 
value = instance.OpenRead(events, userData, share)

public Stream OpenRead( 
   FileSystemEvents events,
   object userData,
   FileShare share
)

Parameters

events

A FileSystemEvents object that will be used to raise events. Cannot be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

userData

Opaque data that will be passed back to the event handler when an event is raised.

share

A System.IO.FileShare constant that determines how the file will be shared with different processes.

Return Value

The returned stream is guaranteed to be readable, but may or may not be seekable.

The share parameter allows you to control how the file is shared by different processes. Some specializations of the AbstractFile class may not support any or all of the values defined in this enumeration. In this case, an exception is thrown.

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

AbstractFile Class
AbstractFile Members
Overload List