Creating Files in .NET

I'm new to VB.NET and am a bit confused because it seems very different then V.6. Is creating and opening a file done differently in .NET because i tried the old code:

Dim intFNum As Integer
intFNum = FreeFile
Open "path" For Output As #intFNum
Print #intFNum, value
Close #intFNum


and that doesn't seem to work. How is saving and loading of files done in .NET?
Thank you

In .Net is is done VERY differently. Rather than try and give you a tutorial here, I'll just give you a pointer to the appropriate section in MSDN, it explains everything you could want to know about File I/O in .Net.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconbasicfileio.asp