FileInfo.OpenText creates a StreamReader with UTF8 encoding that reads from an existing text file. : FileInfo « File Directory « VB.Net






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FileInfo.OpenText creates a StreamReader with UTF8 encoding that reads from an existing text file.

 

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text

Public Class OpenTextTest
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim path As String = "c:\MyTest.txt"
        Dim fi As New FileInfo(path)
        If fi.Exists = false Then
            Dim fs As FileStream = fi.Create()
            Dim info() As Byte = New UTF8Encoding(true).GetBytes("This is some text in the file.")
            fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length)
            fs.Close()
        End If
        Dim sr As StreamReader = fi.OpenText()
        Dim s As String = ""
        While sr.EndOfStream = false
            s = sr.ReadLine()
            Console.WriteLine(s)
        End While
        sr.Close()
    End Sub
End Class








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