ASP.NET - Read Content of File from FileUpload Control

' this code would be on the page or control and be called on some kind of action (click etc)
Dim strFileContent As String = ReadFileToString(FileUpload.PostedFile.InputStream)


' function to return file content as string from the Stream (in this case is was an html file)
Private Shared Function ReadFileToString(ByVal streamFileContent As System.IO.Stream) As String


Try


  ' read the contents of the file into a string
  Dim strFileContent As String = String.Empty


  Using sr As IO.StreamReader = New IO.StreamReader(streamFileContent)


    strFileContent = sr.ReadToEnd


  End Using


  Return strFileContent


  Catch ex As Exception
    Utilities.LogError(ex, "ParseHTML.vb.ReadFileToString")
    Return String.Empty
  End Try


End Function