Need Help in saving rich textbox text into batch file.

Question

Hey I need help in saving the contents of a rich textbox into a batch file. The code that I written save it fines but when I open the batch file it seems to not recognize it as a batch file. Here is the code below:

Try
            Dim savefiledialog1 As New SaveFileDialog
            savefiledialog1.Title = "Save As Batch File"
            savefiledialog1.FileName = ""
            savefiledialog1.Filter = "Visual Basic Script|*.bat"
            If savefiledialog1.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
                RichTextBox1.SaveFile(savefiledialog1.FileName())
            End If

        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Error!", MsgBoxStyle.Critical)
        End Try

Answer 1

The  SaveFile method a richtextbox saves the file in RTF format, which cannot be understood by the batch file processor.  Instead of

  RichTextBox1.SaveFile(savefiledialog1.FileName())

use

 My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(savefiledialog1.filename(), RichTextBox1.Text)



 

Answer 2

Sorry It did not work I keep getting an error, saying that overload resolution failed because WriteAllText does not support that many arguments.

Answer 3

If you place your cursor at the starting bracket for the method the system will indicate the bit that is missing - you need to indicate wheter or not the existing batch file will be overwritten.  Change the line to:

        My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(SaveFileDialog1.FileName(), RichTextBox1.Text, False)

Answer 4

Hey thanks for your help I marked you as answer