Do I have to use serialization just to dump a structure to a file?

[danielkw]

Do I have to use serialization just to dump a structure to a file? I hope this is not the case. I hope I can work it out like in VB6...

VB6 example:

Type TEST
   test1 As Long
   test2 As Integer
End Type
 
Sub Save
    Dim a As TEST
    Open "C:\test.bin" For Binary Access Write As 1
        Put #1, a
    Close 1
End Sub

is there a way to do exatcly the same thing in VB.NET WITHOUT using serialization?

btw, I know how to use serialization so please don't give me any examples on that...