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Read a file

Read a file

<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<script language="vb" runat="server">
sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
'Open the sampletext.txt file . Note this is in the same directory as the script
Dim testfile as String = Server.MapPath("sampletext.txt")
'Create a streamreader class
Dim objStreamReader as StreamReader
'open the file
objStreamReader = File.OpenText(testfile)
'Read the file storing it in the readfile string
Dim readfile as String = objStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
'Place the string into a web control
lblTextFile.Text = readfile 
'close the StreamReader class
objStreamReader.Close()
end sub
</script> 
<asp:label runat="server" id="lblTextFile" />