What does “$” mean before a number in Delphi?

Question

I\'m trying to convert Delphi code to vb.net and I\'m not sure about this line:

stream.Seek($42, soFromBeginning);

I\'m familiar with using

Answer 1

The $42 value is the offset from the beginning of the stream.

In VB.NET that would be :

reader.BaseStream.Seek(66, IO.SeekOrigin.Begin)