Dim objFileStream As FileStream Dim objStreamReader As StreamReader Try objFileStream = New FileStream(strPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) objStreamReader = New StreamReader(objFileStream) Return objStreamReader.ReadToEnd Catch ex As Exception Throw Finally If Not objStreamReader Is Nothing Then objStreamReader.Close() End If If Not objFileStream Is Nothing Then objFileStream.Close() End If End TryThanks in advance,