# Save points generated by Grasshopper as txt/excel format

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**Category:** Grasshopper\
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**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/save-points-generated-by-grasshopper-as-txt-excel-format/136272 "2022-01-13T09:53:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/save-points-generated-by-grasshopper-as-txt-excel-format/136272/3 "2022-01-13T15:06:34Z")

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I am using a VB Script that I got from somewhere on this forum for ages now and have built myself a user object that contains things I usually need. I have used it regularly for large datasets in a similar size (around 10.000 lines of csv)

You can input any text, select a folder from a dialog, enter a filename, file ending and then save the file.

It has worked well for me for the last few years.

 ![save_text](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/3/f/1/3f168f951e3e53a5e284488bf0c7ffbffe64f011.png)  
 ![save_text2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/2/6/2/262c98cb57cc5f457c72fe74cc7b35f4535d7f51.png)  
 ![save_text3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/2/7/a/27a939c0679b709896b4ba16c055da7a583e3247.png)

[save\_text.gh](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/tIbvPOaiEaTWsabErolSUxM3hvf.gh) (11.9 KB)

ps: the C# script is so it “remembers” the Folder location that you picked even after restart. Plus there is also a boolean input to append data, but I have never needed that.

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