Uri fileUrl = new Uri("file://"+url);
        // Create a 'FileWebrequest' object with the specified Uri. 
        FileWebRequest myFileWebRequest = (FileWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fileUrl);
        // Send the 'FileWebRequest' object and wait for response. 
        FileWebResponse myFileWebResponse = (FileWebResponse)myFileWebRequest.GetResponse();
                    
        // Get the stream object associated with the response object.
        Stream receiveStream = myFileWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
        
        Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
        // Pipe the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format. 
        StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader( receiveStream, encode );
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nResponse stream received");

        Char[] read = new Char[256];
        // Read 256 characters at a time.    
        int count = readStream.Read( read, 0, 256 );
        Console.WriteLine("File Data...\r\n");
        while (count > 0) 
        {
            // Dump the 256 characters on a string and display the string onto the console.
            String str = new String(read, 0, count);
            Console.Write(str);
            count = readStream.Read(read, 0, 256);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("");
        // Release resources of stream object.
        readStream.Close();
        // Release resources of response object.
        myFileWebResponse.Close();