Sorry about the blank message earlier. The best way to access text files 
in .NET is to use the System.IO classes not ODBC. The following piece of 
code is a quick example

Imports System.IO

Dim theFile As File
        Dim myReader As StreamReader
        Dim filePath As String
        Dim tempHolder As String

        'Define the path and file so you don't have to retype each time
        filePath = "c:\TextFile.txt"


        'First check to make sure that the file exists
        If (theFile.Exists(filePath)) Then

            Try
                'Create new instance of stream reader and pass it the 
file to open
                myReader = New StreamReader(filePath)

                'Read all of the contents of the file
                tempHolder = myReader.ReadToEnd

                'Close the stream reader object
                myReader.Close()

                'Display the contents
                MessageBox.Show(tempHolder)

                'Catch any IOExceptions
            Catch Except As IOException
                Dim errLog As EventLog

                'Create new intance of the event log an define the source 
and what log to write to
                errLog = New EventLog("Application", ".", Except.Source)

                'Write the error to the event log
                errLog.WriteEntry(Except.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error)

            End Try


        End If