Reading Data from a file

[wypman]

I am new to VB.NET 2005 and for my first efforts I'm trying to open a data file reading it a byte at a time, converting each byte to its ASCII value in Hex (This is so I can identify non-printable characters as well in the data).

Using a normal Filestream when I specify the characters it does not report it's true ASCII value for non-printable characters.

Any pointers to get me started would be appreciated.

 

[wypman]

I've sorted the problem now thanks.

Using the following piece of code.

ReturnValue = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllBytes(sFileName)

It loads the data into a byte array so I can work with the data from there. Unless someone knows a better solution?