>>In VFP there is a command SET SAFETY OFF that will allow you to overwrite an existing file without throwing an error or exception. Is there an equivalent in .NET VB?
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>>Thanks
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>It depends. How are you writing this information to an existing file?
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>For example, if you are copying a file:
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>System.IO.File.Copy(source, dest, true); // third param. tells it to overwrite
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>In other cases, you may need to delete the file first.
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>System.IO.File.Delete(file);
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>And there are other classes which overwrite by default.
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>System.IO.File.WriteAllText(path, textToWrite);
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Thanks Paul and Naomi. After I posted the question I realized I should have been more specific. The "file" in question is a table inside an Access MDB. I am writing via a select as in

strSQL = "SELECT FirstName, SecondName INTO [tblSample] FROM [Text;DATABASE=" & Path & ";].[test.txt]"

This will work the first time through when the table doesn't exist but throws an error if the table is already there.
If its already present I can DELETE and INSERT into it but then I have to test to see if its there. :)