VB.NET Encoding Method

using System

Public Shared Function Read As Integer

Internationalization (I18n) Method Overview

The Read method reads the next character or next set of characters from the input stream.

For more information see Microsoft's MSDN online documentation.

I18n Issues

If the input stream may contain non-English text, then you will need to ensure that you have opened it with the correct encoding (a Unicode encoding, such as UTF-8 or UTF-16, is recommended). In addition, with the parameterized call to Read, you will want to make sure there are no dependencies on English, as the file contents could be in a different language.