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# TFileStream

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Stream that stores its data in a named file on disk.

## Declaration

`type TFileStream = class(THandleStream)`
`public`
`procedure Create();` |  | Creates a file stream.
`destructor Destroy; override;` |  | Destroys the file stream.
`property FileName: String; [r]` |  | The filename of the stream.
`end;`

## Inheritance

`TFileStream` |  | Stream that stores its data in a named file on disk.
`THandleStream` |  | Base clas for streams that are identified by an OS handle.
`TStream` |  | Base class for streams.
`TObject`

## Description

TFileStream is a TStream descdendent that stores or reads it's data from a named file in the filesystem of the operating system.

To this end, it overrides some of the abstract methods in TStream and implements them for the case of files on disk, and it adds the FileName property to the list of public properties.

## See also

TFileStream.Create |  | Creates a file stream.
TStream |  | Base class for streams.