read text file in vb.net compact framework

[Daniele Martignago]

Hi,
I'm new with .net and CF.
I use Microsoft Smart Device Extensions for Visual Studio .NET Version
7.00.2098.
I build a text file on my Pc using Notepad and then copied to the device.
I am trying to read the text file with this code:

Dim path as String = "\temp\my test.txt"
Try

Dim sr as StreamReader = New StreaReader(path,
System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)
Dim strLine as String

strLine = sr.Readline

Do While (Not strLine is Nothing)
MessageBox.Show(strLine)
strLine = sr.ReadLine
Loop

Catch e As Exception
MessageBox.Show ("Error: ", e.toString())
End Try

My problem is this: when I read lines the messagebox show strange text like
"\}qoklmngh{oklmnops{|}.."

Any Idea? Need some conversion?
Thanks all.
--
Martignago Daniele

[Alex Feinman]

On Windows CE devices text files are typically unicode. In your code try
replacing Encoding.ASCII with Encoding.Unicode or just omit this parameter -
the default is Unicode and would work

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[Eric de carufel]

Hi there,
We are experiencing the same problem under C#.
Does the Visual Studio 2003 developement suite solves the
problem ?

You are not alone :(

>.
>

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Eric,

How do you know that the text file is ASCII? Look at it with a hex editor.
--
Ginny Caughey
Windows Embedded MVP

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