Text file to listview, with premature EOF...

I have a decent sized list of lines which i load to a listview using a traditional list opening code (below). All works well, but encountering certian strings which are apparently EOF markers cut things off early leaving my list half empty.

VB Code:

Open "C:\FileCodeList.txt" For Input As #1
    Do While Not EOF(1)
    Line Input #1, str1
    If Left(str1,7)="KeepC:\" Then ListView1.ListItems.Add , , str1
    Loop
    Close #1

Ive read many articles on open as binary, but i cannot get any sort of list population going with that. Plus, i cannot store the entire file as a array due to its large size. From 1 to 150 MB.

Im not sure if i should somehow process the file before loading, removing or replacing all Null characters or EOF marking characters ( im not sure what they are) , or if there is a binary loop i can use to load this list successfully.

Amy help would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead of time.

Could you attach a sample of your txt file for me to check your code?

For a example of my error, add this to a text file in UNICODE format.
"KeepC:\FileName.txt;~Ty"
"KeepC:\FileName1.txt;‚Š~{"
"KeepC:\FileName3.txt;910w>"
"Success"


You will see it never reaches Success.

~ I have found that this error only happens when the file is in Unicode format. When i manually change it to ANSI or UTF-8, it loads. However some characters are then changed. Is there a way Open for input as UTF-8 or ANSI? Or if i was to convert the entire txt file to one of those 2 formats, a way to get it back to Unicode to see the original string while adding to the listview.

Thanks

Are you writing the file? Writing it normally from VB is in unicode isn't it?

chem

Im not writing any files or i wasnt... I think i might take the TYPE route , dynamic creating of batch files for a conversion. TYPE UNICODE > ASCI... I dont mind using batch commands to assist me in loading this list, so ill label this as semi-resolved for now. :)