Problem Reading unicode files

Below is the code I am using to attempt to open a text file. Are there any problems with it? Every time i run it only the first character of the file is read. I am attempting to read from unicode .txt files if that makes a difference.

PS: Ok i just checked only my unicoded .txt files wont open correctly. Standard .txt files will.

if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)

{

StreamReader fs =new StreamReader( new FileStream(openFileDialog1.FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read));

while (fs.Peek() != -1)

{

leftBox.Text += fs.ReadToEnd();

}

fs.Close();

}

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Alan18y ago
You'd expect StreamReader to automatically detect a unicode text file from the byte order marks but try specifying it explicitly in the constructor:

StreamReader fs =new StreamReader( new FileStream(openFileDialog1.FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read), System.Text.Encoding.Unicode);