StreamReader

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
Try

Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader("TestFile.txt")
Dim line As String

Do
line = sr.ReadLine()
Console.WriteLine(Line)
Loop Until line Is Nothing
sr.Close()
Catch E As Exception

Console.WriteLine("The file could not be read:")
Console.WriteLine(E.Message)
End Try
End Sub
End Class