Storages Storages are to compound files what directories are to a standard file system. Streams are the equivalent of files in a standard file system. They include the data itself. The commits all streams and substorages included in Current. Streams Streams are where the data is actually stored.
Different streams can store different types of data.
Compound file implementation does not support opening streams in transacted mode, so this method primarily flushes memory buffers. Compound file implementation does not support opening streams in transacted mode, so this method has no effect. Returns the actual number of bytes read. The last two features may of may not be available, depending on the COM interface that the Eiffel class wraps. The standard Windows implementation of compound file does not support region locking.