here's what i used:
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Private Sub Command3_Click()
Dim mFileSysObj As New FileSystemObject
Dim mFile As File
Dim mTxtStream As TextStream
If mFileSysObj.FileExists("c:\clients.dat"

= False Then
Call mFileSysObj.CreateTextFile("c:\clients.dat"

'create new clients.dat
Set mFile = mFileSysObj.GetFile("c:\clients.dat"

Set mTxtStream = mFile.OpenAsTextStream(ForAppending)
Call mTxtStream.WriteLine("whatever you want to write"

Call mTxtStream.Close
Else
Set mFile = mFileSysObj.GetFile("c:\clients.dat"

Set mTxtStream = mFile.OpenAsTextStream(ForAppending)
Label4.Caption = mFile.Path
Call mTxtStream.WriteLine(strBanner) 'writes to file
Call mTxtStream.Close
End If
End Sub
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