vb.net open text file for writing code example

Example 1: write to text file vb.net

'streamwriter allows us to write to a file
Dim file As System.IO.StreamWriter

file = My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileWriter([FileName], True)
file.WriteLine([text])
file.Close()

Example 2: vbnet create and write on file

Dim strFile As String = "yourfile.txt"
Dim fileExists As Boolean = File.Exists(strFile)
Using sw As New StreamWriter(File.Open(strFile, FileMode.OpenOrCreate))
    sw.WriteLine( _
        IIf(fileExists, _
            "Error Message in  Occured at-- " & DateTime.Now, _
            "Start Error Log for today"))
End Using

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