How do I prompt the user where to save thier file? (In this case .txt)

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

I wanted to know how my users can write something in a textbox, then allow them to save it as a .txt file.

[keystone_paul]

How far have you got so far?

Show us your code and we can give you some pointers.

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

I made a form, with just a TextBox. I want my users to type something like "Hello" and be able to save it as a .txt file anywhere on there pc.

[keystone_paul]

I mean what have you found out about saving text files so far?

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

I found the "SaveFileDialog" in the ToolBox, but I don't know the codes.

[Vectris]

google before you post

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

google before you post

I did, found nothing.

[keystone_paul]

I found the "SaveFileDialog" in the ToolBox, but I don't know the codes.

All the SaveFileDialog does is allows the user to browse for the folder and set the filename they want you to use for saving the file.

You need to write your own code to save the file.

As Vectris said - try googling "save text file vb.net" and you will find thousands upon thousands of examples of how to do this.

[keystone_paul]

I did, found nothing.

I find that amazingly hard to believe. I got over 1.3 million pages returned by my google query.

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

Ok, will did this ever come to your mind that maybe our keywords were different?

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

All the SaveFileDialog does is allows the user to browse for the folder and set the filename they want you to use for saving the file.

You need to write your own code to save the file.

As Vectris said - try googling "save text file vb.net" and you will find thousands upon thousands of examples of how to do this.

I will try again.

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

Guys need to go somewhere, be back in like 1 hour as of this post.

[keystone_paul]

Ok, will did this ever come to your mind that maybe our keywords were different?

If you seriously didn't get anything back because our keywords were wildly different perhaps you need to think more deeply about how you phrase your questions.

For example the title of this topic is "How can I add a 'Save' button on my form?"

The answer to that is really simple - open your form, click on the button icon on the toolbox and click on the form and draw a button of the required size and set the button's text and name to reflect the fact it is a save button.

Your actual question is really "how do I write a text file" (and possibly also "how do I prompt the user where to save his file").

I'm not trying to be sarcastic or unhelpful but you need to be able to understand what the root of your question is or you'll never get anywhere.

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

If you seriously didn't get anything back because our keywords were wildly different perhaps you need to think more deeply about how you phrase your questions.

For example the title of this topic is "How can I add a 'Save' button on my form?"

The answer to that is really simple - open your form, click on the button icon on the toolbox and click on the form and draw a button of the required size and set the button's text and name to reflect the fact it is a save button.

Your actual question is really "how do I write a text file" (and possibly also "how do I prompt the user where to save his file").

I'm not trying to be sarcastic or unhelpful but you need to be able to understand what the root of your question is or you'll never get anywhere.

Ok, I will rename my post. (By the way, almost everyone here talks to me either sarcastic or unhelpful)

[ForumAccount]

(By the way, almost everyone here talks to me either sarcastic or unhelpful)

Is it really such a mystery why?

[sn3akyr4bb1t]

Is it really such a mystery why?

What were you thinking before you just made that post? Do you think that what you just said helped me prompt a user where to save their file? Think about it.

[jmcilhinney]

I think ForumAccount's post was supposed to prompt you to think about why apparently everyone responds to your questions with sarcasm. I can tell you that it's because you seem to make very little effort to find information for yourself and even when people do provide instructions you make no effort to follow them. You appear to just want other people to write your code for you. People who have worked hard to learn what they know often enjoy sharing it with others who are also prepared to work hard. They are generally not so keen to share with those who won't make a similar effort for themselves.

You said in post #5 that you know about the SaveFileDialog. I just went to Google and entered savefiledialog. The very first match was the MSDN documentation for the SaveFileDialog class, which contains this code example:

Private Sub button1_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    Dim myStream As Stream
    Dim saveFileDialog1 As New SaveFileDialog()
 
    saveFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*"
    saveFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2
    saveFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = True
 
    If saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
        myStream = saveFileDialog1.OpenFile()
        If (myStream IsNot Nothing) Then
            ' Code to write the stream goes here.
            myStream.Close()
        End If
    End If
End Sub

If you didn't find that yourself then you didn't try. If you don't try then very few people here will be keen to help you.