Dim chkfs As New FileStream(URL, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) Dim chksr As New StreamReader(chkfs) TempDump = chksr.ReadToEnd If TempDump.ToString.Contains("—") Or TempDump.ToString.Contains("’") Or TempDump.ToString.Contains("‘") Then chksr.Close() Dim chksw As New StreamWriter(URL) TempDump = TempDump.Replace("—", "-") TempDump = TempDump.Replace("’", "'") TempDump = TempDump.Replace("‘", "'") chksw.Write(TempDump) TempDump = "" End If