Public Class Form1 Dim Alphabet As New ArrayList Dim abarr As New ArrayList Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim ascval As Integer = 63 Do Until ascval = 123 abarr.Add(Chr(ascval)) ascval = ascval + 1 Loop ascval = 48 Do Until ascval = 58 abarr.Add(Chr(ascval)) ascval = ascval + 1 Loop alphabet = abarr End Sub Private Sub openbtn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles openbtn.Click 'Dim strFileName As String Dim ret As DialogResult OpenFD.InitialDirectory = "C:\" OpenFD.Title = "Open a Text File" OpenFD.Filter = "Text Files(*.txt)|*.txt|Word Files(*.doc)|*.doc" ret = OpenFD.ShowDialog End Sub Private Sub countbtn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles countbtn.Click For Each abr As String In abarr TextBox1.Text &= abr & Environment.NewLine Next abr End Sub End Class