Use TextReader to read text file : TextReader « Stream File « VB.Net Tutorial

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3. TextReader

Imports System.IO

Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
          Dim trNewFile As System.IO.TextReader
          trNewFile = New IO.StreamReader("test.txt")
          Console.WriteLine(trNewFile.ReadToEnd())
    
    End Sub

End Class