Name 

Description 

 

BeginReferences 

Starts a block of commands that read components that might contain references to other components. 

 

CheckValue 

Checks that the next value to be read from the stream is of a specified type. 

 

CopyValue 

Copies data while reading components. 

 

DefineBinaryProperty 

Defines binary data the reader object reads as if the data were a published property. 

 

DefineProperty 

Defines data the reader object reads as if it were a published property. 

 

EndOfList 

Indicates the end of a group of items that are sequentially read from the stream. 

 

EndReferences 

Terminates a block of code that reads components from the reader object's stream that might contain references to each other. 

 

FixupReferences 

Resolves references when streaming properties that are represented by another component. 

 

FlushBuffer 

Synchronizes the reader's buffer with its stream's buffer. 

 

NextValue 

Returns the type of the next item in the reader object's stream without moving the position of the stream. 

 

Read 

Reads data from the associated stream. 

 

ReadBoolean 

Reads a boolean from the reader object's stream and returns that boolean value. 

 

ReadChar 

Reads a character from the reader object's stream and returns that character value. 

 

ReadCollection 

Reads a collection from the reader object's stream and returns that character value. 

 

ReadComponent 

Reads the component specified by Instance from the stream and returns the component. 

 

ReadComponents 

Reads a list of owned components from the reader object's associated stream. 

 

ReadCurrency 

Reads a Currency value from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadDate 

Reads a TDateTime value from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadDouble 

Reads a double type floating point number from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadFloat 

Reads a floating-point number from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadIdent 

Reads an identifier from the reader object's stream and returns the identifier. 

 

ReadInt64 

Reads an 64-bit integer from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadInteger 

Reads an integer-type number from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadListBegin 

Reads a start-of-list marker from the reader object's associated stream. 

 

ReadListEnd 

Reads an end-of-list marker from the reader object's associated stream. 

 

ReadPrefix 

Reads preliminary information concerning form inheritance for a component. 

 

ReadRootComponent 

Reads a component and all its owned components from the reader object's stream. 

 

ReadSignature 

Reads the filer signature from the reader object's associated stream. 

 

ReadSingle 

Reads a float value from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadStr 

Reads one character from the reader object's stream and returns its contents. 

 

ReadString 

Reads a tagged string value written by WriteString from the reader object's stream and returns its contents. 

 

ReadValue 

Reads the type of the next item on the reader object's stream and returns with the stream positioned after the value-type indicator. 

 

ReadVariant 

Reads a Variant value from the reader object's stream and returns its value. 

 

ReadWideChar 

Reads a wide character from the reader object's stream and returns that character value. 

 

ReadWideString 

Reads a tagged wide string value from the reader object's stream and returns its contents. 

 

SkipValue 

Skips the next value read from the stream.