2. Sometimes programs need access to
other files . . .
Hey! That file
has stuff I
need!
FILE PROGRAM
3. Using VB to read the contents of a
text file
The variable fileReader now has the contents of the file called
config.txt
Dim fileReader As String
fileReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("Y:config.txt")
4. Presenting the contents of a text file
Dim fileReader As String
fileReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("Y:config.txt")
MsgBox(fileReader)
5. Why could we want to read files in!
• We can use text files to store data that we
want to return to.
• You may not have noticed but when you close
your program, all the data it was using goes.