>I have used the following method of reading a text file using StreamRead object:
>
>

>FileInfo oFileInfo = new FileInfo(path);
>StreamReader oReader = oFileInfo.OpenText();
>string FileString = oReader.ReadToEnd();
>oReader.Close();
>

>
>My question is if there a more efficient method? (like FILETOSTR() in VFP).

I have pretty much the same thing:

        ' FileToStr() VFP equivalent
        ' expC1 File name
        Public Function FileToStr(ByVal tcFileName As String) As String
            Dim lcString As String = ""
            Dim lnCounter As Integer = 0
            Dim lnDelay As Integer = 250
            Dim lnRetry As Integer = 8
            Dim loFile As IO.StreamReader
            For lnCounter = 1 To lnRetry
                Try
                    loFile = New IO.StreamReader(tcFileName, True)
                    lcString = loFile.ReadToEnd()
                    loFile.Close()
                    Exit For
                Catch loError As Exception

                    ' If we have not reached the maximum tries of 8, we retry
                    If lnCounter < 8 Then

                        ' Wait for a timeout before retrying
                        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(lnDelay)

                        Continue For
                    End If

                    ' Get the proper definition as per the current scope
                    If oProcess Is Nothing Then
                        oApp.ErrorSetup(loError)
                    Else
                        oProcess.ErrorSetup(loError)
                    End If

                End Try
            Next
            Return lcString
        End Function