>Is there a better way to create a file:
>
>

>   ' Create a file
>   ' expC1 String
>   ' expC2 File
>   Private Function CreateFile(ByVal tcString As String, ByVal tcFile As String)
>      Dim loFile As System.IO.File
>      Dim loWrite As System.IO.StreamWriter
>      loWrite = loFile.CreateText(tcFile)
>      loWrite.WriteLine(tcString)
>      loWrite.Close()
>   End Function
>

You could use a FileStream object instead of a File object + StreamWriter.