Refer to MS article Q98999 for an explanation of Diacritical Marks.

When a line from a flat text file is imported from a file using the
StreamReader, any character that has a Diacritical Mark is dropped.

Sample Code:
        Dim fs As FileStream
        Dim sr As StreamReader

        Try
            fs = New FileStream("c:\temp\badrecords.txt",
FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
            sr = New StreamReader(fs)

            Dim line As String = sr.ReadLine()
            Do While Not line Is Nothing

                Debug.WriteLine(line.ToCharArray())

                line = sr.ReadLine()

            Loop

            MessageBox.Show("Done")

        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
            Err.Clear()

        Finally
            If Not sr Is Nothing Then
                sr.Close()
                sr = Nothing
            End If
            If Not fs Is Nothing Then
                fs.Close()
                fs = Nothing
            End If

        End Try

Hello BostonNole,

Figure out what encoding scheme you are using (most likely UTF-8 or Unicode).
Then use the appropriate encoding when reading the file (your stream reader
will include and overloaded ctor which accepts an Encoding parameter).

-Boo

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