Delphi for .NET Developer’s Guide

Chapter 12. File and Streaming Operations

IN THIS CHAPTER

• System.IO Namespace Classes

• Working with the Directory System

• Working with Files

• Streams

• Asynchronous Stream Access

• Monitoring Directory Activity

• Serialization

Invariably, at some point all developers have to work with the file system. The System.IO namespace provides the various classes for reading and writing files. It also provides the streaming classes and classes for working with the Windows directory system. This chapter covers the classes defined in the System.IO namespace that deal with working with files and streams.