Private Function GetTextForOutput(ByVal filePath As String) As String

' Verify that the file exists.

If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(filePath) = False Then
Throw New Exception("File Not Found: " & filePath)
End If

' Create a new StringBuilder, which is used

' to efficiently build strings.
Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder()

' Obtain file information.

Dim thisFile As System.IO.FileInfo =
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo(filePath)

' Add file attributes.

sb.Append("File: " & thisFile.FullName)
sb.Append(vbCrLf)
sb.Append("Modified: " & thisFile.LastWriteTime.ToString)
sb.Append(vbCrLf)
sb.Append("Size: " & thisFile.Length.ToString & " bytes")
sb.Append(vbCrLf)

' Open the text file.

Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader =
My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader(filePath)

' Add the first line from the file.

If sr.Peek() >= 0 Then
sb.Append("First Line: " & sr.ReadLine())
End If
sr.Close()

Return sb.ToString
End Function