Reading from Files in Visual Basic

This section lists tasks associated with reading from files.

In This Section

• How to: Read From Text Files in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to read from a text file.

• How to: Read From Comma-Delimited Text Files in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to read from a delimited text file.

• How to: Read From Fixed-width Text Files in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to read from a fixed-width text file.

• How to: Read From Text Files with Multiple Formats in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to read from a text file with multiple formats.

• How to: Read From Binary Files in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to read from a binary file.

• How to: Read From Existing Text Files in My Documents (Visual Basic)
  Demonstrates how to read from a text file in the My Documents directory.

• How to: Read Text from Files with a StreamReader (Visual Basic)
  Demonstrates how to use a StreamReader to read from a file.

Reference

• FileSystem
  Describes the My.Computer.FileSystem object and its members.

• ReadAllText
  Describes the ReadAllText method.

• ReadAllBytes
  Describes the ReadAllBytes method.

• OpenTextFieldParser
  Describes the OpenTextFieldParser method.

• OpenTextFileReader
  Describes the OpenTextFileReader method.

Related Sections

• How to: Read from the Clipboard in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to read data from the Clipboard.

• Parsing Text Files with the TextFieldParser Object (Visual Basic)
  Provides an overview of reading text files with the TextFieldParser object.

• Walkthrough: Manipulating Files and Directories in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to use the My feature with files and directories.

• Walkthrough: Manipulating Files by Using .NET Framework Methods (Visual Basic)
  Demonstrates how to use .NET Framework methods with files and directories.