im new to .net and my book doesn't cover this simple request for reading in files

[Guest locutus]

Hi

I have just started using vb and the .net enviroment and I am going through my teach yourself book . I decided to have a break and create a little application to practise some of the techniques I had learned.

 

I am trying to open a text file and loop through and read each line of the file into a holder of some type ( will prob use an array for the sake of using them in my example )

 

heres what I have so far

dim fsout as system.io.filestream

dim filename as string

dim oreader as system.io.streamreader

dim scontents as string

dim bexists as boolean

 

filename = "c:\login.txt"

bexists = system.io.file.exists(filename)

 

try

'open the file

fsout = new system.io.filestream(filename,system.io.filemode.openorcreate,system.io.fileaccess.read)

 

oreader = new system.io.streamreader(fsout)

'think I need a while in here to loop

scontents = oreader.readline

 

this is what I have so far , all I want to do is loop through to the end of the file and be able to assign each loop through to a holder of some type , but this new approach in .net is very confusing and I am struggling to get my head around it.

Would anyone be able to help with this small learning example of mine . If you supply the code to help could you try and explain what is going on also with the code

 

Many thx for your time

locutus

[Bucky]

To make raeding the stream easier, you should declare a new

StringReader object to read from the file stream. In the declaration

of your form, add this:

 

Dim sLines() As String

 

Then, after opening the file, read the entire thing, and then use

Split to divide it up into lines:

 

scontents = oreader.ReadToEnd

sLines = Split(scontents, vbCrLf) 
' You could also use sLines = scontents.Split(vbCrLf) if desired

 

Now sLines is an array of strings that holds each lines' text, and

you can now loop through them as you like.

 

HTH

[Derek Stone]

If you're worried about speed the ReadToEnd method isn't a wise choice. Use ReadBlock instead.