Imports System
Imports System.IO

Public Class TextRW

    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim aStringWriter, aStreamWriter As TextWriter
        aStringWriter = New StringWriter()
        aStreamWriter = New StreamWriter("InvalidPathChars.txt")

        WriteText(aStringWriter)
        WriteText(aStreamWriter)
        aStreamWriter.Close()

        Dim aStringReader, aStreamReader As TextReader
        aStringReader = New StringReader(aStringWriter.ToString())
        aStreamReader = New StreamReader("InvalidPathChars.txt")

        ReadText(aStringReader)
        ReadText(aStreamReader)
        aStreamReader.Close()
    End Sub

    Shared Sub WriteText(aTextWriter As TextWriter)
        aTextWriter.Write("Invalid file path characters are: ")
        aTextWriter.Write(Path.InvalidPathChars)
        aTextWriter.Write("."C)
    End Sub

    Shared Sub ReadText(aTextReader As TextReader)
        Console.WriteLine("From {0} - {1}", _
            aTextReader.GetType().Name, aTextReader.ReadToEnd())
    End Sub

End Class

using System;
using System.IO;

class TextRW
{
    static void Main()
    {
        TextWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
        using(TextWriter streamWriter = 
            new StreamWriter("InvalidPathChars.txt"))
        {
            WriteText(stringWriter);
            WriteText(streamWriter);
        }

        TextReader stringReader = 
            new StringReader(stringWriter.ToString());
        using(TextReader streamReader = 
            new StreamReader("InvalidPathChars.txt"))
        {
            ReadText(stringReader);
            ReadText(streamReader);
        }
    }

    static void WriteText(TextWriter textWriter)
    {
        textWriter.Write("Invalid file path characters are: ");
        textWriter.Write(Path.InvalidPathChars);
        textWriter.Write('.');
    }

    static void ReadText(TextReader textReader)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("From {0} - {1}", 
            textReader.GetType().Name, textReader.ReadToEnd());
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;

void WriteText( TextWriter^ textWriter )
{
   textWriter->Write(  "Invalid file path characters are: " );
   textWriter->Write( Path::InvalidPathChars );
   textWriter->Write( Char::Parse( "." ) );
}


void ReadText( TextReader^ textReader )
{
   Console::WriteLine( "From {0} - {1}", textReader->GetType()->Name, textReader->ReadToEnd() );
}


int main()
{

   TextWriter^ stringWriter = gcnew StringWriter;
   TextWriter^ streamWriter = gcnew StreamWriter(  "InvalidPathChars.txt" );

   WriteText( stringWriter );
   WriteText( streamWriter );
   streamWriter->Close();

   TextReader^ stringReader = gcnew StringReader( stringWriter->ToString() );
   TextReader^ streamReader = gcnew StreamReader(  "InvalidPathChars.txt" );

   ReadText( stringReader );
   ReadText( streamReader );
   streamReader->Close();
}