Create StreamReader from File Stream
using System; using System.IO; public class IOExample { static void Main() { FileStream fs; StreamReader srIn; try { fs = new FileStream("practice.txt", FileMode.Open ); srIn = new StreamReader(fs); string line = srIn.ReadLine(); Console.WriteLine("line = "+line); srIn.Close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { Console.WriteLine("IOException occurred: "+ioe.Message); } } }