This example creates an empty text file at the specified path using the Create method in the File class.
Overloaded methods For methods with same name but different parameters, only the first method overload retains the original name. Subsequent overloads are uniquely renamed by appending to the method name '2', '3', etc (method, method2, method3), an integer that corresponds to the order of declaration that can be found in EasyXLS.h, a file that comes with EasyXLS installation. How to: Create a File in Visual Basic.; 2 minutes to read +4; In this article. This example creates an empty text file at the specified path using the Create method in the File class. May 04, 2005 'Hello Friends, I don't know, How to create and write in pdf file from vb6. Thanks, pradip. India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.'
Use the file
variable to write to the file.
If the file already exists, it is replaced.
The following conditions may cause an exception:
The path name is malformed. For example, it contains illegal characters or is only white space (ArgumentException).
The path is read-only (IOException).
The path name is Nothing
(ArgumentNullException).
The path name is too long (PathTooLongException).
The path is invalid (DirectoryNotFoundException).
The path is only a colon ':' (NotSupportedException).
A SecurityException may be thrown in partial-trust environments.
The call to the Create method requires FileIOPermission.
An UnauthorizedAccessException is thrown if the user does not have permission to create the file.