RichTextBox to Text file?

[daveofgv]

I have a My.Settings file that has a folder path that the user will select.

I need to export text from a RichTextBox to a file, however, I can't seem to figure out how to use My.Settings as the path where the text file will be created.

Right now, I have:

Me.txtlog.SaveFile("C:\Users\mycomputer\Desktop\New folder\founditems.txt", RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText)

which works fine, however, the My.Settings.destfolder is "C:\Users\mycomputer\Desktop\testfolder\"

I have tried:

Me.txtlog.SaveFile(My.Settings.DestinationFolder, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText)

but it doesn't work - and also I do not know how to name the text file from the above code.

Can anyone give me some advise?

Thanks in advanced

 

[jmcilhinney]

You are surprised that replacing a file path with a folder path fails to save a file?

 

[daveofgv]

No.... I just figured it out.....

Me.txtlog.SaveFile(My.Settings.DestinationFolder & "\Test.txt", RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText)

When you said replacing a file path with a folder path made me think for a minute.

Thanks

 

[jmcilhinney]

It is generally preferred to use IO.Path.Combine or My.Computer.FileSystem.CombinePath to combine two partial paths.