Murach's Visual Basic 2008
How to work with files and data streams

Although databases are commonly used in Visual Basic applications, you may also need to access data that's stored in a text file or a binary file. So this chapter shows you how to read and write both types of files. It also shows you how to use one of the My objects to work with files.
Chapter 21 How to work with files and data streams
An introduction to the System.IO classes 658
The classes for managing directories, files, and paths 658
How files and streams work 660
How to use the FileStream class 662
How to use the exception classes for file I/O 664
How to work with text files 666
How to write a text file 666
How to read a text file 668
A class that works with a text file 670
How to work with binary files 672
How to write a binary file 672
How to read a binary file 674
A class that works with a binary file 676
Two other ways to work with files 678
Use the My.Computer.FileSystem object 678
Use the Visual Basic functions 678


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