Change late binding after setting Option Strict on

Question

Hi Gurus, I am correcting errors after changing option strict to on. I have been able to correct everything with the exception of the following code which gets the outlook email signature file. The underline is under fso.getfile and under ts.readall

I can't seem to get CType correct so any guidance on this will be most appreciated.

'Dick Kusleika
Dim fso As Object, ts As Object = Nothing, tBoiler As String = Nothing, filesPath As String = Nothing
fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
ts = fso.GetFile(sFile).OpenAsTextStream(1, -2)
GetBoiler = ts.ReadAll

Answer 1

Hi @Hugh Self Taught ,

Consider using System.IO.StreamReader or System.IO.File to avoid late binding.

Dim GetBoiler As String = Nothing

'Using StreamReader
Using reader As New StreamReader(filePath)
    tBoiler = reader.ReadToEnd()
End Using

'Using File.ReadAllText
GetBoiler = File.ReadAllText(filePath)

Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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