>Dim oFileInfo As FileInfo = New FileInfo("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\resonline \xmlWebservice\RQ00120.zip")
> Dim oReader As StreamReader = oFileInfo.OpenText
> Dim FileString As String = oReader.ReadToEnd
> oReader.Close()
> Return (FileString)

What are you planning on doing with the result? Are you trying to read a file that is contained in a zip file?