The stream passed to TextFieldParser cannot be read

The TextFieldParser Object cannot read the stream that has been passed to it. This may be a result of attempting to read a file that is not a text file.

To correct this error

• Check to make sure the file is a text file.

See also

• How to: Read From Text Files with Multiple Formats
• My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFieldParser
• Parsing Text Files with the TextFieldParser Object
• TextFieldParser Object