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<blockquote data-quote="samshiell" data-source="post: 7572" data-attributes="member: 1066">HiWhen using StreamReader how can you reset the &quot;pointer&quot; to the beginning?I'm reading some lines then, when a certain condition is met I want to read the whole file. I've tried setting the BaseStream.Position = 0 but that acheives nothing.This is my (extremely simplified) code....fReadIn = New StreamReader(strFileName)strLine = fReadIn.ReadlinestrLine = fReadIn.Readline''.... various stuff and conditions happen herefReadIn.BaseStream.Position = 0strFileContents = fR.ReadToEndAny ideas?ThanksSam</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samshiell, post: 7572, member: 1066"] Hi When using StreamReader how can you reset the "pointer" to the beginning? I'm reading some lines then, when a certain condition is met I want to read the whole file. I've tried setting the [size=2]BaseStream.Position = 0 but that acheives nothing.[/size] [size=2]This is my (extremely simplified) code....[/size] [size=2][size=2]fReadIn = [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]New[/color][/size][size=2] StreamReader(strFileName)[/size] strLine = fReadIn.Readline strLine = fReadIn.Readline ''.... various stuff and conditions happen here [size=2]fReadIn.BaseStream.Position = 0[/size] [size=2]strFileContents = fR.ReadToEnd[/size] [size=2] [/size][size=2]Any ideas?[/size] [size=2]Thanks[/size] [size=2]Sam [/size][/size] [/QUOTE]

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