Read line in Textfile

function GrabLine(const AFileName: string; ALine: Integer): string;
var
  fs: TFileStream;
  buf: packed array[0..4095] of Char;
  bufRead: Integer;
  bufPos: PChar;
  lineStart: PChar;
  tmp: string;
begin
  fs := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead);
  try
    Dec(ALine);
    bufRead := 0;
    bufPos := nil;

    { read the first line specially }
    if ALine = 0 then
    begin
      bufRead := fs.Read(buf, SizeOf(buf));
      if bufRead = 0 then
        raise Exception.Create('Line not found');
      bufPos := buf;
    end else
      while ALine > 0 do
      begin
        { read in a buffer }
        bufRead := fs.Read(buf, SizeOf(buf));
        if bufRead = 0 then
          raise Exception.Create('Line not found');
        bufPos := buf;
        while (bufRead > 0) and (ALine > 0) do
        begin
          if bufPos^ = #10 then
            Dec(ALine);
          Inc(bufPos);
          Dec(bufRead);
        end;
      end;
    { Found the beginning of the line at bufPos... scan for end.
      2 cases:
        1) we'll find it before the end of this buffer
        2) it'll go beyond this buffer and into n more buffers }
    lineStart := bufPos;
    while (bufRead > 0) and (bufPos^ <> #10) do
    begin
      Inc(bufPos);
      Dec(bufRead);
    end;
    { if bufRead is positive, well have found the end and we can leave. }
    SetString(Result, lineStart, bufPos - lineStart);
    { determine if there are more buffers to process }
    while bufRead = 0 do
    begin
      bufRead := fs.Read(buf, SizeOf(buf));
      lineStart := buf;
      bufPos := buf;
      while (bufRead > 0) and (bufPos^ <> #10) do
      begin
        Inc(bufPos);
        Dec(bufRead);
      end;
      SetString(tmp, lineStart, bufPos - lineStart);
      Result := Result + tmp;
    end;
  finally
    fs.Free;
  end;
end;

function GrabLine2(const s: string; ALine: Integer): string;
var
  sl: TStringList;
begin
  sl := TStringList.Create;
  try
    sl.LoadFromFile(s);
    Result := sl[ALine - 1]; // index off by one
  finally
    sl.Free;
  end;
end;

Beispiel :

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if OpenDialog1.Execute then begin
    Label1.Caption := GrabLine(OpenDialog1.FileName, 3); // Zeile 3 wird gelesen
  end;
end;