how to save a spreadsheet by date in vb.net

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i wrote a small program to save information from textboxes to a spreadsheet, now i want to save by date and i have tried this but am getting an error message that says array out of bounds here is my code:
Dim Filename As String = "c:\Users\Documents\testfile.xls"(Format(Now.Date, "MMddyy"))
what needs to happen is everyday this program must open a new spreadsheet and save it by the date

Posted 16-May-11 21:04pm

Rendani.Nk

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Wayne Gaylard · Answer 1 · 2011-05-16T21:14:00

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Try this

VB

Dim fileName As String = String.Format("C:\Users\Documents\testFile{0}.xls", DateTime.Now.ToString("MMddyy"))

Hope this helps

Posted 16-May-11 21:14pm

Wayne Gaylard

Updated 16-May-11 21:15pm

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