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

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

public Stream OpenWrite( 
   FileSystemEvents events,
   object userData,
   bool overwrite,
   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.

overwrite

true if existing data for the item should be replaced; false if existing data should be preserved, appending new data at the end.

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 writable, 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.

Some File implementations may not support appending or overwriting. In this case, an exception is thrown.

If there is no existing data, the parameter overwrite is ignored.

If the file does not exist, the CreateWrite method should be used to retrieve the stream rather than OpenWrite.

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