thanks a lot for the code. i am using an alternative way. now iam using rich text box control where we can direclty load the content of a file by using loadfilemethod of richtextbox control. thanks george --- Greg Reinacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use a StreamReader object. Here's an example for > reading the entire > contents of a file into a string. > > StreamReader sr = new > StreamReader(@"c:\myfile.txt"); > string s = sr.ReadToEnd(); > sr.Close(); > > Greg Reinacker > Reinacker & Associates, Inc. > http://www.rassoc.com > http://www.rassoc.com/gregr/weblog/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > george antony > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 9:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: reading from a stream > > > hi all > I have a openfile dialog box. I have to open a file > and assign the contents of a file to a textbox. > when i use the openfile() method of a openfiledialog > it gives me a stream object. how to read from stream > and assign to textbox. > > > regards > george > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, > unsubscribe from DOTNET, > or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, > unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
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