Question

When using the Stream.BeginRead Method, and you are reading from a stream into a memory, how is it determined where you are reading the data from?

See:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.stream.beginread.aspx

In the list of parameters, I do not see one that tells where the data is being read from:

Parameters

• buffer Type: System.Byte[] The buffer to read the data into.
• offset Type: System.Int32 The byte offset in buffer at which to begin writing data read from the stream
• count Type: System.Int32 The maximum number of bytes to read.
• callback Type: System.AsyncCallback An optional asynchronous callback, to be called when the read is complete.
• state Type: System.Object A user-provided object that distinguishes this particular asynchronous read request from other
  requests.

Answer 1

It reads the data from wherever the stream is up to, as determined by the Position property.

Note that not all streams support seeking, so you cannot necessarily set Position.