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LoadFromOSFile(IWritableFileInfo,String) Method



OpcLabs.BaseLib Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib.Extensions.FileProviders Namespace > IWritableFileInfoExtension Class > LoadFromOSFile Method : LoadFromOSFile(IWritableFileInfo,String) Method
The writable file info object that will perform the operation.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Path and name of the file in the operating system that should be loaded into the file.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Loads a file in an abstract writable file provider with a contents of normal (operating system) file.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function LoadFromOSFile( _
   ByVal writableFileInfo As IWritableFileInfo, _
   ByVal sourceOSFilePath As String _
) As Long
'Usage
 
Dim writableFileInfo As IWritableFileInfo
Dim sourceOSFilePath As String
Dim value As Long
 
value = IWritableFileInfoExtension.LoadFromOSFile(writableFileInfo, sourceOSFilePath)

Parameters

writableFileInfo
The writable file info object that will perform the operation.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

sourceOSFilePath
Path and name of the file in the operating system that should be loaded into the file.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns the number of bytes loaded, or -1 if it cannot be determined.
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

An I/O error has occurred.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

An invoked method is not supported at all, or is not supported with the parameters used to create the object.

A security error was detected.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

The operating system has denied access because of an I/O error or a specific type of security error.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Remarks

This is an extension method (info: C#, VB.NET). In languages that have support for extensions methods (such as C# and VB.NET), you can use the extension method as if it were a regular method on the object that is its first parameter. In other languages (such as with Python.NET), you will call the extension as a static method, and pass it the object on which it acts as its first parameter.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

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