Encoding cannot be set to Nothing

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An attempt to read from or write to a file has failed because the parameter encoding has been set to Nothing but requires a valid value.

Encoding is used to determine what encoding to use when writing to a file. The default is UTF-8.

To correct this error

  • Supply a valid value for the encoding parameter.

See Also

Concepts

File Encodings

Reference

My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText Method

My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText Method

Other Resources

Reading from Files in Visual Basic

Writing to Files in Visual Basic