Visual Studio 2013 Lesson : Import TXT file

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Import TXT file (alternate method)

Visual Studio features a command line that allows data to be imported from various file types.
Streamreader reads the files and adds the data to assigned objects, strings or arrays.

The coding shown imports a TXt (text file). Note the data in the text file is separated to smaller strings using the (,) comma.
The following coding imports a TXT file,assigns each

Dim fileReader As System.IO.StreamReader
fileReader =
My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader("C:\\testfile.txt")
Dim stringReader As String
stringReader = fileReader.ReadLine()
MsgBox(
"The first line of the file is " & stringReader)


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