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>I have this function to dump a file into a variable.
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>    ' FileToStr() VFP equivalent
>    ' expC1 File name
>    Public Shared Function FileToStr(ByVal tcFileName As String) As String
>        Dim loFile As IO.StreamReader
>        Dim lcString As String
>        lError = False
>        cError = ""
>        Try
>            loFile = New IO.StreamReader(tcFileName)
>            lcString = loFile.ReadToEnd()
>            loFile.Close()
>        Catch loError As Exception
>            cError = loError.Message
>            lError = True
>            lcString = ""
>        End Try
>        Return lcString
>    End Function
>

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>But, I am loosing my French characters. What should I modify in this function to preserve them?