[RESOLVED] [2005] Problem reading textfile

[Atheist]

Hello!

Im reading a textfile using this 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?

[high6]

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

streamreader tends to stop on special characters.

[gigemboy]

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

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?

[Atheist]

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

[Atheist]

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

[figa]

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

Now your Streamreader can read Öë