GetStream Method

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Returns the item's content stream.

[Visual Basic,VBScript]
Function GetStream() as ADODB.Stream
[C++]
HRESULT GetStream(_Stream** pVal);
[IDL]
HRESULT GetStream([out,retval] _Stream** pVal);

Remarks

The GetStream method returns an _Stream object reference on an ADO Stream object containing the content stream for the item. Only items that are of a stream-based content-class have associated streams. If you call GetStream on a collection-based item, an error is raised.

If you modify the content in the returned Stream object, you commit these changes by calling the _Stream::Flush method. If the Flush method is not called, changes are lost when the Stream object is destroyed.