"Mark R. Dawson" <MarkRDawson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Lam,
> you can use the ReadBlock method of StreamReader to read in a block of
> data from a specified starting position
>
> ReadBlock(char[], intIndex, intCount);
>
> the char[] is where the data will be read to, intIndex is the starting
> position of where to read and intCount is the max number of characters to
> read.
>
> You can have a loop which decrements intIndex from max to min which will
> read the file backwards.
>
>
> Hope that helps
> Mark.
>
> "Lam" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > the default readline method in StreamReader read the text from the top
to
> > bottom
> > how can I read a text file from the bottom to the top?
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >