[RESOLVED] Read file(binary) to string

[the182guy]

been trying to do this for a few days with not much luck, I found some code when I searched but its not reading 900 chars of the file only the first few characters, heres my code:

BTW its supposed to read the first 900 chars

Dim File As String
 
        Dim fs As FileStream
        Dim binRead As BinaryReader
        Dim readbuf(900) As Char
 
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim strData As String = vbNullString
 
        File = "C:\UK Wholesalers.doc"
 
        fs = New FileStream(File, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None)
        binRead = New BinaryReader(fs)
        readbuf = binRead.ReadChars(900)
        binRead.Close()
 
        'convert the char array to string
        For i = 0 To readbuf.GetUpperBound(0)
            strData = strData & readbuf(i)
        Next
 
        TextBox1.Text = strData

anyone got any ideas?