From: Phrogz Date: 2007-11-26T23:40:05+09:00 Subject: Re: problem about read .txt file On Nov 26, 3:10 am, Pat Kiatchaipipat wrote: > I have read text by this code > > message = "" > > file = File.new(fileDirectory , "r") > while line = file.gets > message = message+line > end > file.close > puts message > @textbox1.set_value(message) How is the above different or better than: message = IO.read( fileDirectory ) ?