Open Text file and count the lines
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Data Imports System.IO Imports System.Collections Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Drawing.Printing Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim myReader As StreamReader Try myReader = File.OpenText("test.vb") Catch e As IOException Console.WriteLine(e.ToString) Console.WriteLine(e.Message) Exit Sub End Try Dim lineCounter As Integer = 0 Dim currentLine As String, currentData As String Do Try currentLine = myReader.ReadLine lineCounter = lineCounter + 1 Catch e As EndOfStreamException Console.WriteLine(e.Message) Finally currentData = currentData & currentLine & vbCrLf End Try Loop While currentLine <> Nothing Console.WriteLine("Number of lines read: " & lineCounter - 1 ) myReader.Close() myReader = Nothing End Sub End Class