How to overwrite text file without using Save file dialog?

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Hi everyone, I'm using VB 2008 and I'm having problems.

I'm making a html editor and made everything like syntax, etc.
but I know how to save a file, but I don't know how to overwrite it. like'when you're editing a text file, you press ctrl+s and it automatically saves.
how to do that? thanks for helping in advance.

KrishGM

Posted 8-Nov-14 0:37am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-08T00:46:00

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Just write the file.
File.WriteAllText[^] just needs you to supply the path to the file, and the data to write (and there are other File.WriteXXX methods that do the same for different types of data) - provided you have a file name and path already, you don't need to ask again - just call the appropriate method and it's written.

It's a good idea to provide a backup facility though: write the file to a temporary file in the same folder, then rename the original, then rename the new file. That way, the user can "step back" if his updates caused a problem.

Posted 8-Nov-14 0:46am

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Member 11202273 8-Nov-14 6:54am

How do I automatically provide the path?

OriginalGriff 8-Nov-14 7:15am

If you follow the link, it does explain: the two parameters are the path, and the data to write.

So assuming you know where you want to store the file, you just pass itover as a string...and if you don;t know where to store it, then you need to get teh user to tell you, which means the SaveFileDialog! :laugh:
Think about it. When you create a new file in Word and press CTRL+S, you get a save dialog. The next time you press CTRL+S in the same file, you don't - because you told it the first time.

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