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Hi guys,

i would like to ask is there anyway to read a txt file with UTF-8 encoding using streamreader or filestream. the txt file is contain some extended ASCII that makes me cannot read the characters properly. I hav tried Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes()) but still it return wrong character when it's reading extended ASCII code.

Anyone can enlighten me? any reply would be appreciated.

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Open that file with specific encoding style.

rs = new System.IO.StreamReader("file", System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)
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