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Reads data from the supplied stream.

method override int TVPEStream.Read(

[InAttribute] [OutAttribute] byte[] buffer,

int offset,

int count

)

byte[] buffer

the buffer, to which the data will be copied from the stream

int offset

offset into the buffer

int count

the number of bytes that shall be read

Returns:

The number of bytes read from the stream.

Remarks:

When reading from a stream, which was written by a VPE method, e.g. WriteDocStream() or PictureStream() etc., you need to call Seek(0) first before calling Read() in order to reset the internal stream pointer to the beginning of the stream.