streamreader.readblock

[gildfosh]

I don't understand how this function works...here is my situation, I have a file with a list, for example:

 

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

 

in a text file. Now, this file is over 4 megabytes, so there are lots of lines. i have built a program to get the byte position of let's say item 500 so it's easier to access a line rather than just going through the entire list looking for an item. How do I use streamreader to go to a byte position in a file and read the entire line? I have attempted to do this in severa; ways, but it is always off a couple bytes.

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you create a filestream and base your streamreader on that you could seek the underlying stream to the correct position and then read from the streamreader.