Buffer Methods and Properties

The following information lists buffer methods and properties.

Method or Property	Description
Clib Compare Memory Method	Compares the contents of two buffers.
Clib Copy Memory Method	Copies bytes from a source buffer to a destination buffer.
Clib Get Memory Method	Searches a buffer for the first occurrence of a character.
Clib Set Memory Method	Sets the bytes in a buffer to a character that you specify.
Create Buffer Method	Returns a section of a buffer.
Create Buffer Method	Returns a new buffer object that includes the data between two positions.
Cursor Position in Buffer Property	Stores the current position of the buffer cursor.
Data in Buffer Property	A reference to the internal data of a buffer.
Get Buffer Data Method	Returns a string that contains the same data as the buffer.
Get Cursor Position Value From Buffer Method	Returns the value of the current cursor position in a buffer.
Get String From Buffer Method	Returns a string that starts from the current cursor position.
Put String in Buffer Method	Puts a string into a buffer.
Put Value in Buffer Method	Puts a value into a buffer.
Siebel Library Get Pointer Address Method	Gets the address in memory of a buffer variable.
Use Big Endian in Buffer Property	Stores a Boolean flag for bigEndian byte ordering.
Use Unicode in Buffer Property	Stores a Boolean flag that specifies whether to use Unicode strings when calling the Get String from Buffer method or the Put String in Buffer method.
Write Byte to Buffer Method	Provides access to individual bytes in the buffer.