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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Public Class TestClass
    Public Function Test() As String
        Dim fn As Integer
        Dim oneChar As Char
        Dim strbuffer As String
        
        '// make sure all files are closed
        Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem.Reset()
        'create and write into file
        fn = FreeFile()
        FileOpen(fn, System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/data/6954.txt", OpenMode.Output)
        WriteLine(fn, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
        WriteLine(fn, "0123456789")
        WriteLine(fn, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
        FileClose(fn)
        'For files opened in modes other than Random mode, 
        'Seek sets the byte position at which the next operation takes place.
        FileOpen(fn, System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/data/6954.txt", OpenMode.input)
        Seek(fn, 3)   ' Move to the third character.
        Input(fn, strbuffer)
        FileClose(fn)
        Return strbuffer
    End Function
End Class
