Read Text File Content With Try Catch

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Imports System.IO

public class Test
   public Shared Sub Main
        Dim srReader As IO.StreamReader
        Dim strLine As String
        Dim blnDone As Boolean = False
        Dim strFileName As String = "test.txt"

        'Read text from a file and display it in a list box.
        srReader = New IO.StreamReader(strFileName)
        Try
            While Not blnDone
                strLine = srReader.ReadLine()
                If strLine Is Nothing Then
                    blnDone = True
                Else
                    Console.WriteLine(strLine)
                End If
            End While
            srReader.Close()
        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("An error has occurred.")
        End Try
   End Sub
End class
Originally Posted on September 18, 2013
Last Updated on October 26, 2015
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