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C0D3Z3R0
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Posts: 166

Hi, does anyone know how I can read from a text file and show it in a textbox? Thanks in advance
Meka][Meka
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Posts: 700

make a function to return the text something like this
Code:

    Private Function ReadFile(ByVal tFile As String) as String
        Dim myStreamReader As System.IO.StreamReader
        Try
            myStreamReader = System.IO.File.OpenText(tFile)
            Return myStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
        Catch exc As Exception
        Finally
            If Not myStreamReader Is Nothing Then
                myStreamReader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Function

then load somrhing like
Code:
dim str as string = ReadFile("blahfile")

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Meka][Meka
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Posts: 700

better way of doing it
Code:

Private Function ReadFile(name As String) As String
    Dim data As String = Nothing
    Dim myStreamReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(name, System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.Default)
   
    data = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
   
    If Not (myStreamReader Is Nothing) Then
        myStreamReader.Close()
        Return data
    End If
    Return Nothing
End Function

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C0D3Z3R0
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Posts: 166

thanks