RAMStreamMBS.close

There is no need to call this method except you want to free all resources of this object now without waiting for Xojo to do it for you.

RamStreamMBS.Constructor(InitialSize as Integer=0)

dim r as RAMStreamMBS
r=new RAMStreamMBS(1000000)
r.write "Hello"

To avoid memory fragmentation the memory grows in 32 KByte chunks.

The parameter you give is the size for the first allocation. So if you only need 2 KByte, you just pass 2048. If you don't know the size, you can pass 0 or a negative number to get the default initial size which is 32 KByte.

You can change the GrowSize property to use a different growing size.
Performance is better if resizing the memory buffer is minimized.

The stream can grow to around 2 GB.
On low memory, the initial resize will fail and length will be 0.

RamStreamMBS.Look(count as Integer) as string

dim r as RamStreamMBS // your stream
dim s as string
s=r.look(100)

Like the lookahead property in a socket.

RAMStreamMBS.LookBlock(count as Integer) as memoryblock

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim s as memoryblock
'...
s=b.LookBlock(5)

RamStreamMBS.LookByte as Integer

RamStreamMBS.LookLong as Integer

RamStreamMBS.LookShort as Integer

RAMStreamMBS.Read(count as Integer) as string

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim s as string
'...
s=b.read(5)

RAMStreamMBS.ReadBlock(count as Integer) as memoryblock

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim s as memoryblock
'...
s=b.ReadBlock(5)

RAMStreamMBS.Readbyte as Integer

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim i as Integer
'...
i=B.readbyte

RAMStreamMBS.ReadLong as Integer

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim i as Integer
'...
i=B.readlong

This function is affected by the LittleEndian Setting.

RAMStreamMBS.ReadShort as Integer

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim i as Integer
'...
i=B.readshort

This function is affected by the LittleEndian Setting.

RAMStreamMBS.Write(data as string)

RAMStreamMBS.WriteBlock(data as memoryblock,count as Integer)

dim b as RAMStreamMBS
dim m as memoryblock
'...
b.writeblock m,m.size

RAMStreamMBS.WriteByte(data as Integer)

RAMStreamMBS.WriteLong(data as Integer)

This method is affected by the LittleEndian Setting.

RAMStreamMBS.WriteShort(data as Integer)

This method is affected by the LittleEndian Setting.