Public Sub SaveMyFile()
' Create a SaveFileDialog to request a path and file name to save to.
Dim saveFile1 As New SaveFileDialog()
' Initialize the SaveFileDialog to specify the RTF extension for the file.
saveFile1.DefaultExt = "*.rtf"
saveFile1.Filter = "RTF Files|*.rtf"
' Determine if the user selected a file name from the saveFileDialog.
If (saveFile1.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) _
And (saveFile1.FileName.Length) > 0 Then
' Save the contents of the RichTextBox into the file.
richTextBox1.SaveFile(saveFile1.FileName, _
RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText)
End If
End Sub