How to read text files in delphi
                                var
  Form1: TForm1;
 
implementation
{$R *.dfm} // Include form definitions
 
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
  fileName : string;
  myFile   : TextFile;
  data     : string;
begin
  // Try to open a text file for writing to
  fileName := 'Test.txt';
  AssignFile(myFile, fileName);
  ReWrite(myFile);
  // Write to the file
  Write(myFile, 'Hello World');
  // Close the file
  CloseFile(myFile);
  // Reopen the file in read mode
  Reset(myFile);
  // Display the file contents
  while not Eof(myFile) do
  begin
    ReadLn(myFile, data);
    ShowMessage(data);
  end;
  // Close the file for the last time
  CloseFile(myFile);
  // Now see if the file exists
  if fileexists(fileName)
  then ShowMessage(fileName+' exists OK')
  else ShowMessage(fileName+' does not exist');
  // Delete the file and look again
  DeleteFile(fileName);
  if fileexists(fileName)
  then ShowMessage(fileName+' still exists!')
  else ShowMessage(fileName+' no longer exists');
end;
 
end.