Public Class Form1
  'In the following line I declare a string for the total gross pay. I will be adding to this value through a loop statement.
  Dim gpt As Double
  Private Sub btnCalc_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCalc.Click
    Dim a As String = "Employee", b As String = "Hourly Rate", c As String = "Hours Worked", d As String = "Gross Pay"
    Dim fmtStr As String = "{0,-12}{1,16:C1}{2,20}{3,20:C2}"
    Dim name As String, hr As Double, hw As Double, gp As Double, sr As IO.StreamReader = IO.File.OpenText("data.txt")
    Dim hrStr As String = "", hwStr As String = "", gpStr As String = ""
    lstResults.Items.Clear()
    lstResults.Items.Add("Payroll Report for week ending 11/17/06")
    lstResults.Items.Add("")
    lstResults.Items.Add(String.Format(fmtStr, a, b, c, d))
    lstResults.Items.Add("")
    Do While sr.Peek <> -1
      name = sr.ReadLine
      hr = CDbl(sr.ReadLine)
      hw = CDbl(sr.ReadLine)
      If (hw > 40) Then
        gp = (((hw - 40) * 1.5) + (hw * hr))
      Else
        gp = hr * hw
      End If
      gpt += gp
      hrStr = CStr(hr)
      hwStr = CStr(hw)
      gpStr = CStr(gp)
      lstResults.Items.Add(String.Format(fmtStr, name, CStr(hr), CStr(hw), CStr(gp)))
      lstResults.Items.Add("")
      lstResults.Items.Add(String.Format(fmtStr, "", "", "", CStr(gpt)))
    Loop
  End Sub
End Class