I have been using this function for years with no problem..now when i try to open a file(contains XML)..it returns an empty string even though it has text. I have noticed that the XML fie has some null charcaters at the begining..any suggestion?
Public Shared Function GetFileContents(ByVal FullPath As String) As String Dim stream As FileStream = Nothing Dim strContents As String = String.Empty Try stream = File.Open(FullPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) Dim Tin As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(stream) strContents = Tin.ReadToEnd() Tin.Close() stream.Close() Return strContents Catch ex As Exception Trace.WriteLine(ex.Message) Return "" Finally If Not stream Is Nothing Then stream.Close() End If End Try End Function Is your website being IntelliXperienced? <http://www.intellixperience.com/signup.aspx> | www.yougoingmyway.com ? regards Anthony (*12QWERNB*) Is your website being IntelliXperienced?