Imports System.IO Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Try Dim line As String Dim readFile As System.IO.TextReader = New _ StreamReader("C:\Test1.txt") line = readFile.ReadToEnd() MsgBox(line) readFile.Close() readFile = Nothing Catch ex As IOException MsgBox(ex.ToString) End Try End Sub End Class