Reading A Fixed Format Text File

Question

Its been years since I have had to attempt to read a file using either Microsoft Text ODBC Driver or Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0 Provider.

So I have the following code

Answer 1

I know this is not a real answer to your question, but i would really rethink about using this architecture to read in a file.

I would really prefer something like CSV Reader, cause it gives you much more power about how the data will be interpreted. Alternative you could also take a look into the FileHelpers.