Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace.

If there is no app.config file: On the Project menu, choose Add New Item. From the Add New Item dialog box, choose Application Configuration File. Change the value of the customlocation attribute to ...

This example creates an empty text file at the specified path using the xref:System.IO.File.Create%2A method in the xref:System.IO.File class. If the file already exists, it is replaced. The following ...