How do I get a TXT file creator to work?

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Try
                Dim filePath As String
                filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(
                           My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Desktop, My.Forms.Form1.TXTNAME.Text)
                My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(filePath, My.Forms.Form1.TXTTEXT.Text, False)
            Catch fileException As Exception
                Throw fileException
            End Try

What I have tried:

I tried to mess around with some properties but none of them work. Instead it creates a File rather than a TXT File.

Posted 4-Apr-16 16:38pm

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Updated 4-Apr-16 17:01pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Apr-16 23:55pm

There are no such thing as "files versus txt file". A file is a file. "txt" is related to the file content, that's all.
—SA

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2016-04-04T17:01:00

Solution 1

The TXT file as you call it is nothing more than a file extension. Unless you type a filename that ends in ".txt" into the TXTTEXT textbox, you're going to get the filename exactly as you typed it. The code will NOT add the .txt extension automatically. YOU have to supply that code.

Posted 4-Apr-16 17:01pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Apr-16 23:50pm

I would add that, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as "extension", which used to exist in obsolete file system. Now, it's nothing but historical cultural convention, still cast in some API, notably in Windows Shell. The term "extension" is also in use. Technically, it's just an arbitrary part of file name, no difference from any other part of a simple name. Any name, any number of '.' characters, any order, anything, except characters prohibited to be in the file name...
—SA