Create StreamReader class for the specified file name.
Imports System Imports System.IO Public Class Test Public Shared Sub Main() Dim path As String = "c:\temp\MyTest.txt" Try If File.Exists(path) Then File.Delete(path) End If Dim sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(path) sw.WriteLine("A") sw.WriteLine("B") sw.WriteLine("C") sw.WriteLine("D") sw.Close() Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(path) Do While sr.Peek() >= 0 Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine()) Loop sr.Close() Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString()) End Try End Sub End Class