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StreamReader Constructor (String)

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Initializes a new instance of the StreamReader class for the specified file name.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  System.IO (in System.IO.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    path As String _
)
public StreamReader(
    string path
)
public:
StreamReader(
    String^ path
)
new : 
        path:string -> StreamReader
public function StreamReader(
    path : String
)

Parameters

Remarks

The complete file path is specified by the path parameter. This constructor initializes the encoding to UTF8Encoding and the buffer size to 1024 bytes.

The path parameter can be a file name, including a file on a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share.

The path parameter is not required to be a file stored on disk; it can be any part of a system that supports access using streams.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

StreamReader Class

StreamReader Overload

System.IO Namespace