How to read a text file in VB.NET
This code sample shows how to read a text file in VB.NET.
We can use StreamReader to read text files. The following code snippet reads a file and writes on the console line by line.
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim fileName As String = "C:\Mahesh\McTextFile.txt"
Using reader As New System.IO.StreamReader(fileName)
While Not reader.ReadLine() Is Nothing
Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadLine())
End While
End Using
Try
Using writer As New System.IO.StreamWriter(fileName, True)
writer.WriteLine("New text")
writer.WriteLine("New text line goes here")
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module