[RESOLVED] [2005] Problem reading textfile

Hello!

Im reading a textfile using this code:

VB Code:

Dim sReader As New IO.StreamReader(New IO.FileStream(Application.StartupPath & "\data\" & drink & ".txt", IO.FileMode.Open))
        While Not sReader.Peek
            TextBox1.AppendText(sReader.ReadToEnd)
        End While

But my problem is that it doesnt read "special characters" like åäö.
so if my textfile would contain "Hellö" then all that I would get would be "Hell"

Can this be fixed?

u could try reading all the bytes in the file and converting to characters.

streamreader tends to stop on special characters.

Worked fine for me, the below code was used to test, and the special characters displayed in the messagebox...

VB Code:

Dim MyWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter("c:\test.txt", False)
        MyWriter.WriteLine("Hellö There")
        MyWriter.WriteLine("This ö is a test")
        MyWriter.Close()
        Dim MyReader As New System.IO.StreamReader("c:\test.txt")
        While MyReader.Peek <> -1
            MessageBox.Show(MyReader.ReadLine)
        End While
        MyReader.Close()

Maybe its perhaps the filestream you declared that is doing it?

***EDIT - I actually tested it with the filestream you used on the streamreader, and it still worked fine.

Are you trying to display this in a control that may not display those characters correctly?

thanks for the replies.
Gigemboy:
Im just displaying the text in an ordinary textbox.
I tried using your read code but it gives me the same results...

High6 could you help me with that? Coz I dont have a clue how id to that.

Thanks guys

....
...I dont know what happened, but suddenly it displays special characters without any problem..
:confused:

Dim reader As IO.StreamReader = New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath.ToString() + "\languages.dat", System.Text.Encoding.Default)

Now your Streamreader can read Öë