>>IMHO VFP FileToStr() equivalant is BinaryReader not StreamReader.
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>I cannot see how I can have a universal method by using BinaryReader which I would be able to use to read text file. For example, I could have the following:
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>Dim loBinaryReader As IO.BinaryReader
>Dim loByte() As Byte
>Dim loFileStream As IO.FileStream
>loFileStream = New IO.FileStream(tcFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
>loBinaryReader = New IO.BinaryReader(loFileStream)
>loByte = loBinaryReader.ReadBytes(CType(loFileStream.Length, Integer))
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>As this point, I have an object Byte. If I am reading a text file, how can I convert this object back to a string?

myString = BitConverter.ToString(loByte)

PS: Sorry not this one. Hang on:)

Private Function UnicodeBytesToString( _
    ByVal bytes() As Byte) _
    As String

    Return System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bytes)
End Function

Cetin