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Imports System.IO


Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
        Dim f As System.IO.FileStream
        Dim mylength As Integer
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim mybuffer(100) As Byte
        f = New System.IO.FileStream("test.txt", IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.Read)
        f.Read(mybuffer, 0, 100)
        For i = 0 To 99
            Console.WriteLine(Chr(mybuffer(i)))
        Next
        f.Close()

    End Sub

End Class