>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)
Check
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143369.aspx but I'm not sure it would work with zip files.
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