>Ok, I got it. Because, the inner Using can have a various type, it is an overload, I have to specify what loStream is:


I was actually looking at this : a problem with the constructor overloads of StreamReader
But would have needed some time to figure out exactly how



Keep us informed whether the extra usings solves your problem

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>                        Using loFtpWebResponse = loFtpWebRequest.GetResponse()
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>                            Using loStream As System.IO.Stream = loFtpWebResponse.GetResponseStream()
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>                                Using loStreamReader As New StreamReader(loStream)
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>                                    ' Load the files into the string builder
>                                    loStringBuilder.LoadString(loStreamReader.ReadToEnd())
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>                                End Using
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>                            End Using
>
>                        End Using
>

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>Thanks for the help, this works.