How to create and write to a txt file using VBA - vba

Question

I have a file which is manually added or modified based on the inputs. Since most of the contents are repetitive in that file, only the hex values are changing, I want to make it a tool generated file.
I want to write the c codes which are going to be printed in that .txt file.
What is the command to create a .txt file using VBA, and how do I write to it

Answer 1

Use FSO to create the file and write to it.
Dim fso as Object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oFile as Object
Set oFile = FSO.CreateTextFile(strPath)
oFile.WriteLine "test"
oFile.Close
Set fso = Nothing
Set oFile = Nothing
See the documentation here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee198742.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee198716.aspx

Answer 2

Open ThisWorkbook.Path & "\template.txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, strContent
Close #1
More Information:
Microsoft Docs : Open statement
Microsoft Docs : Print # statement
Microsoft Docs : Close statement
wellsr.com : VBA write to text file with Print Statement
Office Support : Workbook.Path property

Answer 3

To elaborate on Ben's answer:
If you add a reference to Microsoft Scripting Runtime and correctly type the variable fso you can take advantage of autocompletion (Intellisense) and discover the other great features of FileSystemObject.
Here is a complete example module:
Option Explicit
' Go to Tools -> References... and check "Microsoft Scripting Runtime" to be able to use
' the FileSystemObject which has many useful features for handling files and folders
Public Sub SaveTextToFile()
Dim filePath As String
filePath = "C:\temp\MyTestFile.txt"
' The advantage of correctly typing fso as FileSystemObject is to make autocompletion
' (Intellisense) work, which helps you avoid typos and lets you discover other useful
' methods of the FileSystemObject
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Set fso = New FileSystemObject
Dim fileStream As TextStream
' Here the actual file is created and opened for write access
Set fileStream = fso.CreateTextFile(filePath)
' Write something to the file
fileStream.WriteLine "something"
' Close it, so it is not locked anymore
fileStream.Close
' Here is another great method of the FileSystemObject that checks if a file exists
If fso.FileExists(filePath) Then
MsgBox "Yay! The file was created! :D"
End If
' Explicitly setting objects to Nothing should not be necessary in most cases, but if
' you're writing macros for Microsoft Access, you may want to uncomment the following
' two lines (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/517202/2822719 for details):
'Set fileStream = Nothing
'Set fso = Nothing
End Sub

Answer 4

an easy way with out much redundancy.
Dim fso As Object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim Fileout As Object
Set Fileout = fso.CreateTextFile("C:\your_path\vba.txt", True, True)
Fileout.Write "your string goes here"
Fileout.Close

Answer 5

Dim SaveVar As Object
Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine("Enter Text")
Console.WriteLine("")
SaveVar = Console.ReadLine
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("N:\A-Level Computing\2017!\PPE\SaveFile\SaveData.txt", "Text: " & SaveVar & ", ", True)
Console.WriteLine("")
Console.WriteLine("File Saved")
Console.WriteLine("")
Console.WriteLine(My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("N:\A-Level Computing\2017!\PPE\SaveFile\SaveData.txt"))
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub()