Details

This message is generated when the value of the second argument in SetStreamPosition corresponds to a position that is outside of the stream specified in the first argument.
Off[message] switches off the message; On[message] switches it on. For example: Off[SetStreamPosition::stmrng].

Examples

An error occurs because the position specified in SetStreamPosition exceeds the number of characters in the test file:

Wolfram Language code: Write["TESTFILE", OutputForm["ABCDEFGHOJKLMNOP"]]

Wolfram Language code: Close["TESTFILE"]

Wolfram Language code:

With[{s = OpenRead["TESTFILE"]}, 
	SetStreamPosition[s, 100];
	Print["char 101 = ", Read[s, Character]];
	Close[s]
	]

This shows a valid position specification for this file:

Wolfram Language code:

With[{s = OpenRead["TESTFILE"]}, 
	SetStreamPosition[s, 10];
	Print["char 11 = ", Read[s, Character]];
	Close[s]
	]

Delete the test file:

Wolfram Language code: DeleteFile["TESTFILE"]

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