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Posted by Cameron Byfield
Cameron Byfield
151 Points

dgv save button

Hi all,

I am creating a data gridview using visual basic and can not for the life of me figure out how to allow the user of the program to save it to their computer.

I am going to create a private sub savethisfile() but I do not know where to start with the code behind it. Can anyone give me some hints around how to get started with this? Also, should the file extension be a csv?

My data grid view has 4 columns and 5 rows - its pretty simple. Here is the code that I have so far..

Private Sub SaveToolStripMenuItem_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles SaveToolStripMenuItem.Click Dim Woodstockitemssave = New SaveFileDialog System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\Stockfile") Woodstockitemssave.InitialDirectory = "C:\Stockfile" Woodstockitemssave.FileName = "WoodstockStockFile.csv" Woodstockitemssave.Title = "Choose Location to Save" Woodstockitemssave.Filter = "richtextfiles|*.rtf" Woodstockitemssave.AddExtension = True Dim result = Woodstockitemssave.ShowDialog If result = DialogResult.OK Then Savethisfile() End If End Sub