Reading a file using the IO library

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The IO classes in the IO Class Library provide the basic functionality for all input/output functionality of an application -- reading or writing a file, accessing a directory, checking file access permissions, etc. This example demonstrates how to read from a file using the FileStream and StreamReader classes: 

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
 
  Class ReadFile
    Shared Sub Main()
      'Declare a file stream object
       Dim o As 
FileStream
      'Declare a stream reader object
       Dim r As
StreamReader

      'Open the file
      o = New FileStream("c:myfile.txt",
FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)

      'Read the output in a stream reader
       r = New StreamReader(o)

      'Display the content of the file
       msgbox(r.ReadtoEnd)
   End Sub
  End Class

This was first published in June 2003

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