Use different Encoding to create StreamReader: Default, Unicode, UTF8, UTF7 : UTF8 UTF7 UTF16 « Development « VB.Net Tutorial

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Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO


Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
        Dim myFileStream As FileStream
        Dim myStreamReader As StreamReader
        Dim strRead As String = ""

        Dim StreamEncoding As Encoding

        Try
            StreamEncoding = Encoding.Default
            'StreamEncoding = Encoding.Unicode
            'StreamEncoding = Encoding.UTF8
            'StreamEncoding = Encoding.UTF7

            myFileStream = New FileStream("test.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)

            myStreamReader = New StreamReader(myFileStream, StreamEncoding)
            Console.WriteLine(myStreamReader.ReadToEnd)

            myFileStream.Close()
            myStreamReader.Close()
        Catch EX As IOException
            Console.WriteLine(EX.Message)
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class