System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not find file

Question

Just started using Visual Studio. I'm trying to run the sample program below. I added a data file (values.text) to the Solution and in the Properties window I set Copy to Output Directory to Copy Always. I can see the file in the ...bin\Debug\net6.0 folder but I still get the error message below:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not find file 'C:\Users\brbell\source\repos\ReadTextFileWhile\bin\Debug\net6.0\values.text'.'

Any ideas?

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Module Program
    Sub Main()
        Dim myReader As StreamReader = New StreamReader("values.text")
        Dim line As String = ""

        While Not IsNothing(line)
            line = myReader.ReadLine()
            If Not IsNothing(line) Then
                Console.WriteLine(line)
            End If
        End While

        myReader.Close()
        Console.ReadLine()

    End Sub

Answer 1

Hi , welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

I used your code for testing and the same error did not occur.

Please check your file name to see if it is values.txt not values.text

Best Regards.
Jiachen Li
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