<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class File

Il est possible d'accéder aux membres d'une classe statique directement sans une instance de la classe.

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public static class File

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public ref class File abstract sealed

/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public final class File

ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public final class File

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Public Class Test
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim path As String = "c:\temp\MyTest.txt"
        If File.Exists(path) = False Then
            ' Create a file to write to.
            Dim sw As StreamWriter = File.CreateText(path)
            sw.WriteLine("Hello")
            sw.WriteLine("And")
            sw.WriteLine("Welcome")
            sw.Flush()
            sw.Close()
        End If

        Try
            ' Open the file to read from.
            Dim sr As StreamReader = File.OpenText(path)
            Do While sr.Peek() >= 0
                Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine())
            Loop
            sr.Close()
            Dim path2 As String = path + "temp"

            ' Ensure that the target does not exist.
            File.Delete(path2)

            ' Copy the file.
            File.Copy(path, path2)
            Console.WriteLine("{0} was copied to {1}.", path, path2)

            ' Delete the newly created file.
            File.Delete(path2)
            Console.WriteLine("{0} was successfully deleted.", path2)

        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.IO;

class Test 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt";
        if (!File.Exists(path)) 
        {
            // Create a file to write to.
            using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path)) 
            {
                sw.WriteLine("Hello");
                sw.WriteLine("And");
                sw.WriteLine("Welcome");
            }    
        }

        // Open the file to read from.
        using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(path)) 
        {
            string s = "";
            while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null) 
            {
                Console.WriteLine(s);
            }
        }

        try 
        {
            string path2 = path + "temp";
            // Ensure that the target does not exist.
            File.Delete(path2);

            // Copy the file.
            File.Copy(path, path2);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} was copied to {1}.", path, path2);

            // Delete the newly created file.
            File.Delete(path2);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} was successfully deleted.", path2);
        } 
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
int main()
{
   String^ path = "c:\\temp\\MyTest.txt";
   if (  !File::Exists( path ) )
   {
      
      // Create a file to write to.
      StreamWriter^ sw = File::CreateText( path );
      try
      {
         sw->WriteLine( "Hello" );
         sw->WriteLine( "And" );
         sw->WriteLine( "Welcome" );
      }
      finally
      {
         if ( sw )
                  delete (IDisposable^)(sw);
      }
   }

   // Open the file to read from.
   StreamReader^ sr = File::OpenText( path );
   try
   {
      String^ s = "";
      while ( s = sr->ReadLine() )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( s );
      }
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( sr )
            delete (IDisposable^)(sr);
   }

   try
   {
      String^ path2 = String::Concat( path, "temp" );
      
      // Ensure that the target does not exist.
      File::Delete( path2 );
      
      // Copy the file.
      File::Copy( path, path2 );
      Console::WriteLine( "{0} was copied to {1}.", path, path2 );
      
      // Delete the newly created file.
      File::Delete( path2 );
      Console::WriteLine( "{0} was successfully deleted.", path2 );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The process failed: {0}", e );
   }
}

import System.*;
import System.IO.*;

class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String path = "c:\\temp\\MyTest.txt";

        if (!(File.Exists(path))) {
            // Create a file to write to.
            StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path);

            try {
                sw.WriteLine("Hello");
                sw.WriteLine("And");
                sw.WriteLine("Welcome");
            }
            finally {
                sw.Dispose();
            }
        }

        // Open the file to read from.
        StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(path);

        try {
            String s = "";

            while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null) {
                Console.WriteLine(s);
            }
        }
        finally {
            sr.Dispose();
        }
        try {
            String path2 = path + "temp";

            // Ensure that the target does not exist.
            File.Delete(path2);

            // Copy the file.
            File.Copy(path, path2);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} was copied to {1}.", path, path2);

            // Delete the newly created file.
            File.Delete(path2);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} was successfully deleted.", path2);
        }
        catch (System.Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    } //main
} //Test