textdelimiter problem (Mike A... Stick with me...)

Help me some more please. 

Enough dinking around.

Here's the script:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}
-->
</style>

<table width="300" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
   <td valign="top" class="style1"><p>&nbsp;</p>
   </td>
   <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
   <td valign="top">
<asp:label runat="server" id="lblsplittext" Font-Name="Verdana" />
<%@Import Namespace="System.IO"%>
<script language="vb" runat="server">
Sub page_load(Sender As Object,e As EventArgs)
  Dim filetoread as string
  filetoread=server.mappath("readtest.txt")
  dim filestream as StreamReader
  filestream = File.Opentext(filetoread)
  Dim readcontents as String
  readcontents = fileStream.ReadToEnd()
                                                                      ORIGINALLY
                                                                             Dim textdelimiter as String
   NOW                                                                      textdelimiter = ","
  textdelimiter = CHR(9)                                    
Also tried
    textdelimiter = (CHR(9))
    textdelimiter = CHR(09)
    textdelimiter = CHR$(9)
  Dim splitout = Split(readcontents,textdelimiter)
   dim i as integer
   for i=0 to Ubound(splitout)
lblsplittext.Text &= splitout(i)& "<br>"
   next
  filestream.Close() 
End Sub
</script>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>
<%-- End of script--%>
</p>
 
 
//EDIT: changed title to reflect issue

If this is all of your code, then you are having soem pretty serious problems.
First off, in vbscript this line:

 Dim FileToRead as String
 

 
Doesn't work.  All variables are type Variant in vbscript.

 Dim FileToRead
 

 
is the proper way to Dim a variable.
 
Also, you use the "File" object, but I don't see you create it.

 Set File = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 

is the way to do it.
 
I suggest that you take a read through the docs listed in the frist post, as you are obivously a programmer, but just not familiar with the vbscript syntax and req's.
 

Mike,
 
You're right about me being unfamialr and the script be inelegant, but it DOES work with this...  
 
Dim textdelimiter as String
   textdelimiter = ","
 
Every coma delimited file formats perfectly.
 
It's just I can't interpret "TAB"
 
Sorry if I'm a pest!

Looking at this line: <script language="vb" runat="server">  it looks like you are using VB and not VBScript
Not sure about accomplishing this with VB, but have you trief vbTab?..maybe Dim it as a contant
Reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f63200h0.aspx

Yeah are you tryign to run vb or vbscript?
I know vbs but not VB!

this is more ASP....

That should be in a different forum....