Imports System.IO Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim writeStream As FileStream Try writeStream = New FileStream("c:\testBinary.dat", FileMode.Create) Dim writeBinay As New BinaryWriter(writeStream) writeBinay.Write("This is a test for BinaryWriter !") writeBinay.Close() Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.ToString) End Try End Sub End Class