''' <summary>
    ''' Method to read a specified line in a text file
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="line">Line number to read</param>
    ''' <returns></returns>
    Public Function ReadSpecifiedLine(ByVal line As Integer) As String
        'create a variable to hold the contents of the file
        Dim contents As String = String.Empty
        'create a variable to hold our line contents
        Dim lineText As String = String.Empty
        ' always use a try...catch to deal
        ' with any exceptions that may occur
        Try
          
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            Using lineByLine As New IO.StreamReader(_fileName)
                Dim lineCount As Integer = 0
                While Not lineByLine.EndOfStream
                    lineByLine.ReadLine()
                    If lineCount = line Then
                        lineText = lineByLine.ReadLine()
                    End If
                    lineCount += 1
                End While
            End Using
        Catch ex As FileNotFoundException
            lineText = String.Empty
            _returnMessage = ex.Message
        Catch ex As Exception
            ' deal with any errors
            _returnMessage = ex.Message
        End Try
        Return lineText
    End Function