FILE HANDLIND IN .NET

CREATING A FILE

Dim oFile As New IO.FileInfo("serverName.txt")

oFile.Create()

DELETING A FILE

Dim oFile As New IO.FileInfo("serverName.txt")

OFILE.DELETE()

WRITING TO FILE

Method 1:

Dim fr As New System.IO.StreamWriter("path as string")

fr.Write("value as string")

fr.Close()

Method 2:

Dim oFile As New IO.FileInfo("serverName.txt")

Dim fs As IO.FileStream

fs = oFile.Create()

Dim info As Byte() = New System.Text.UTF8Encoding(True).GetBytes("This is some text in the file.")

' Add some information to the file.

fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length)

fs.Close()

READING FROM FILE

Method 1:

Dim fr As New System.IO.StreamReader( "serverName.txt")

Dim conStr As String = ""

conStr = fr.ReadLine()

Method 2:

            Dim sr As StreamReader = File.OpenText(path)
           Do While sr.Peek() >= 0
               Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine())
           Loop
           sr.Close()