Read a file line by line with VB.NET

Question

The following code is used to read a file line by line.

It\'s just a very early version, so all I want to do is display the string in the immediate window. It\'s wor

Answer 1

Replaced the reader declaration with this one and now it works!

Dim reader As New StreamReader(filetoimport.Text, Encoding.Default)

Encoding.Default represents the ANSI code page that is set under Windows Control Panel.

Answer 2

Like this... I used it to read Chinese characters...

Dim reader as StreamReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader(filetoimport.Text)
Dim a as String

Do
   a = reader.ReadLine
   '
   ' Code here
   '
Loop Until a Is Nothing

reader.Close()