Unsure what the issue is but perhaps this might help, two choices to read lines from a file.
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
namespace YieldReadFileFormDemo
{
public class FileOperations
{
public static IEnumerable<string> ReadYield(string fileName)
{
var lines = File.ReadAllLines(fileName);
foreach (var line in lines)
{
yield return line;
}
}
public static List<string> Read(string fileName)
=> File.ReadAllLines(fileName).ToList();
}
}
Usage
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace YieldReadFileFormDemo
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void YieldButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (var item in FileOperations.ReadYield("TextFile1.txt"))
{
listBox1.Items.Add(item);
}
}
private void ExpressionButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
listBox2.DataSource = FileOperations.Read("TextFile1.txt");
}
}
}