How do I write data to a text file in VB.NET?

The following code creates a text file and inserts some text.

Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e_
As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim fs as New FileStream("exp.txt",FileMode.Create,FileAccess.Write)
Dim s as new StreamWriter(fs)
s.BaseStream.Seek(0,SeekOrigin.End)
s.WriteLine("ProgrammersHeaven has lot of programming goodies")
s.WriteLine(" good resource for most popular programming languages")
s.Close()
End Sub
End Class


Written by Sandeep Mogulla, Webmaster at www.startvbdotnet.com

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