Public NumberOfRecords As Integer
    Dim data(i, 2) As String
    Dim g, fileName As String
    Dim i, numlines, lines, As Integer
    
    Dim line_Name(i), short_Point(i), x(i), y(i), s(i) As Double
 Private Sub OpenFileBtn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles OpenFileBtn.Click
        If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then                                       'opens file of users choice if cancel not pressed
            FileOpen(1, OpenFileDialog1.FileName, OpenMode.Input)
            lines = getNumLines(1)
            FileClose (1)
            FileOpen(1, OpenFileDialog1.FileName, OpenMode.Input)
            ReDim data(lines, 2)
 For i = 0 To i = lines - 1
            Input(1, data(i, 0))
            Input(1, data(i, 1))
            Input(1, data(i, 2))
            line_Name(i) = Val(data(i, 0))
            short_Point(i) = Val(data(i, 1))
            x(i) = Val(data(i, 2))
            y(i) = Val(data(i, 3))
            s(i) = Val(data(i, 4))
           
        Next i
FileClose (1)
        End If
    End Sub
Public Function getNumLines(ByVal fileName As Integer) As Integer
        Dim numlines As Integer
        numlines = 0
        While Not (EOF(1))
            numlines = numlines + 5      'counts number of rows in the file
            Input(5, g)
        End While
        Return numLines     'return the number of lines found
    End Function
End Class