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Example

CanWrite Property
Gets a value indicating whether the MySqlBlob object supports writing.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanWrite As Boolean
 

Property Value

true if the MySqlBlob stream can be written; false if a MySqlBlob is closed, disposed or Null.
Remarks
Use this property to determine whether you can write to the instance of MySqlBlob class.
Example
void ReverseBlob()
{
  byte[] byteArray = { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C' };
  MySqlBlob blobFrom = new MySqlBlob(byteArray);
  //blobFrom.ToString() = "ABC"

  MySqlBlob blobTo = new MySqlBlob();
  ........
  //reverse MySqlBlob
  if (blobFrom.CanSeek && blobFrom.CanRead && blobTo.CanWrite)
    for (blobFrom.Seek(-1, System.IO.SeekOrigin.End); ;blobFrom.Position -= 2)
    {
      blobTo.WriteByte((byte)blobFrom.ReadByte());
      if (blobFrom.Position == 1) break;
    }
  //blobTo.ToString() = "CBA";
}
Private Sub ReverseBlob()
  Dim byteArray As Byte() = New Byte() {AscW("A"c), AscW("B"c), AscW("C"c)}
  Dim blobFrom As New MySqlBlob(byteArray)
  ' blobFrom.ToString() = "ABC"

  Dim blobTo As New MySqlBlob
  ......
  ' reverse MySqlBlob
  If ((blobFrom.CanSeek AndAlso blobFrom.CanRead) AndAlso blobTo.CanWrite) Then
    blobFrom.Seek(CLng(-1), System.IO.SeekOrigin.End)
    Do While True
      blobTo.WriteByte(CByte(blobFrom.ReadByte))
      If (blobFrom.Position = 1) Then
        Return
      End If
      blobFrom.Position = blobFrom.Position - 2
    Loop
  End If
  ' blobTo.ToString() = "CBA";
End Sub
Requirements

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

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