.net - how to load a file into memory stream

Question

I have a filename pointing to a text file, including its path, as a string. Now I'd like to load this .csv file into memory stream. How should I do that?

For example, I have this:

Dim filename as string="C:UsersDesktopabc.csv"

Answer 1

Dim stream As New MemoryStream(File.ReadAllBytes(filename))