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David Tunnell
David Tunnell

Reputation: 7532

Getting exact string from text file into a variable

I have an encrypted string that is read out of a file. My issue is that it is not coming into a variable like it shows in the file so the resulting decryption is wrong.

Here is the string in the file: û«hoágè~Àê´•§™Ý

This code Works:

    Dim oldpass As String = "û«hoágè~Àê´•§™Ý"
    MsgBox(mylib.security.LegacyCode.decryptPassword(oldpass))

But when trying to do it with via the file:

    Dim FILE_NAME As String = "C:\mydir\smart\myfile.DAT"
    Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(FILE_NAME)
    Dim encryptedPw As String = objReader.ReadToEnd
    objReader.Close()
    MsgBox(mylib.security.LegacyCode.decryptPassword(encryptedPw))

It is causing issues. While debugging the string in encryptedPw doesn't look correct: enter image description here

How do I get the string to read into a variable correctly?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

SiriSch
SiriSch

Reputation: 190

Have you tried to give the StreamReader a text encoding?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.io.streamreader(v=vs.110).aspx

As second parameter

StreamReader(YourStream, System.Text.Encoding.Default)

or System.Text.Encoding.UTF8 or System.Text.Encoding.ASCII ?

Upvotes: 3

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