Example
class ReadFromFile
{
static void Main()
{
// The files used in this example are created in the topic
// How to: Write to a Text File. You can change the path and
// file name to substitute text files of your own.
// Example #1
// Read the file as one string.
string text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"C:UsersPublicTestFolderWriteText.txt");
// Display the file contents to the console. Variable text is a string.
System.Console.WriteLine("Contents of WriteText.txt = {0}", text);
// Example #2
// Read each line of the file into a string array. Each element
// of the array is one line of the file.
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@"C:UsersPublicTestFolderWriteLines2.txt");
// Display the file contents by using a foreach loop.
System.Console.WriteLine("Contents of WriteLines2.txt = ");
foreach (string line in lines)
{
// Use a tab to indent each line of the file.
Console.WriteLine(" " + line);
}
// Keep the console window open in debug mode.
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
System.Console.ReadKey();
}
}
How to read resource text file
text file -> properties -> build function -> Embedded resource
build project
public string readFile(string fileName)
{
var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
string resourceString;
string resourcePath = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames()
.Single(str => str.EndsWith(fileName));
using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourcePath))
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
return resourceString = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}