saveing a txt file with a unique name?

[deaddog4201]

How can i save a .txt file where the name of the file would be the result of the selection made from a Dom tree view's parent node tag in visual basic?
So for example i have an editable tree view form i add an entry to the tree view when i save it another process is started "part of which is an encryption scheme" the important part i need help with is saving the sharedkey as the value of the elements parent tag applied to a new addition to the tree and retrieving the key from a selected elements tag value. so for example i make a new account in my vb the new account code looks like this

 Private Sub saveNewAccount()       
 
        Dim objAccount As MSXML2.IXMLDOMElement
        Dim objNewChild As MSXML2.IXMLDOMElement
 
        On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
        If txtUsername.Text = "" Then
        ElseIf txtPassword.Text = "" Then
        ElseIf txtServer.Text = "" Then
            Err.Number = 424
            GoTo ErrorHandler
            Exit Sub
        Else
 
        End If
 
        objAccount = m_objDOMAccounts.createElement("Account")
        objAccount.setAttribute("AccountID", txtUsername.Text)
        m_objDOMAccounts.documentElement.appendChild(objAccount)
 
        objNewChild = m_objDOMAccounts.createElement("Username")
        objNewChild.text = txtUsername.Text
        objAccount.appendChild(objNewChild)
 
 
        objNewChild = m_objDOMEQ2Accounts.createElement("EncryptedData")
        objNewChild.text = txtPassword.Text
        objAccount.appendChild(objNewChild)
 
 
        objNewChild = m_objDOMEQ2Accounts.createElement("Server")
        objNewChild.text = txtServer.Text
        objAccount.appendChild(objNewChild)
 
        objNewChild = m_objDOMEQ2Accounts.createElement("Character")
        objNewChild.text = txtCharacter.Text
        objAccount.appendChild(objNewChild)
 
        populateTreeWithChildren(objAccount)
        MsgBox("The Account was created!")
 
        'Error handling
ErrorHandler:
        If Err.Number = 424 Then
            MsgBox("An Account Username, Password and Server are required to create a new account!")
            If Err.Number = 1 Then
                MsgBox("That Account all ready exists! Please choose a different Account Username!")
                If Err.Number = 2 Then
                    MsgBox("A different error!")
                    If Err.Number = 3 Then
                        MsgBox("Another error!")
                    Else : MsgBox("Account was created but with errors! You should probably reset your data!")
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End If
 
        m_objDOMAccounts.save(m_strXmlPath)
        Encrypt()
        tvwAccounts.Refresh()
        webTarget.Refresh()
        'clear the object data from memory
        objAccount = Nothing
        objNewChild = Nothing
 
    End Sub
 

The resulting out put xml is added to an existing xml doc looks like below.
the xml looks like this before encryption see the previous account is all ready encrypted after code finishes the second will be encrypted with its own unique key.

<Accounts>
  <Account AccountID="MYNAME">
    <Username>MYNAME</Username>
    <EncryptedData Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Element" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
      <EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#tripledes-cbc" />
      <CipherData>
        <CipherValue>His98SF14aBCaV6we/frjsj3Mkx6R7KkRx4PLFIEzJh24NP8XIMllJqUaVSmORIUFUD482VAx/k=</CipherValue>
      </CipherData>
    </EncryptedData>
    <Server>server</Server>
    <Character>username</Character>
  </Account>
<Account AccountID="MYNAME2">
    <Username>MYNAME2</Username>
    <EncryptedData>passwordnotyetencrypted</EncryptedData>
    <Server>server</Server>
    <Character>username</Character>
  </Account>
</Accounts>
 

the encryption and decryption schemes work fine the problem is each time a new account is added, edited or deleted a new sharedkey is written for the selected account. yet each encrypted data element needs its own individual sharedkey the result is data that cant be decrypted because the key was overwritten by the new or edited element! The key is created and read as in the codes below...

Dim sharedkey As New TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider()
 
 
        Dim writer2 As IO.StreamWriter = New IO.StreamWriter("SharedTDESKey.txt")
        Dim str As String = Convert.ToBase64String(sharedkey.Key)
        writer2.WriteLine(str)
        writer2.Close()
 

Dim sharedkey As New TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider()
 
        Dim reader As IO.StreamReader = New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\sharedTDESkey.txt")
        Dim data() As Byte = Convert.FromBase64String(reader.ReadToEnd)
        'Assign the retrieved shared key value to the TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider object
        sharedkey.Key = data
 

What i need is the sharedTDESkey.t xt to be saved and read as something like
sharedTDESkey_M YNAME2.txt
or similar... something to make it unique to the account it is used for yet identifiable to the vb Dom tree view so it can later be called on to decrypt the data when need!
Its probably fairly simple by some standards but this is my first real project and ive overcome many of the more complicated obstacles yet get stuck on the simple ones... So any help is appreciated from an example to an explanation or just a suggestion! Peace All!

[deaddog4201]

I tried various methods and no matter what the SharedTDESKey keeps that name and overwrites! I thought that this would have worked but no luck...

EncryptionKeyName = lblElement.Text
 
Dim FileName As String = EncryptionKeyName  &  "_"  &  "SharedTDESKey"
        Dim sharedkey As New TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider()
        Dim str As String = Convert.ToBase64String(sharedkey.Key)
        Dim StuffToWrite As String = (str)
        Dim strPath As String = strSaveToPath & FileName & ".txt"
        Dim SW As StreamWriter
        Dim FS2 As FileStream
        FS2 = New FileStream(strPath, FileMode.Create)
        SW = New StreamWriter(FS2)
        SW.Write(StuffToWrite)
        SW.Close()
        FS2.Close()
 

lblelement.text contains the info i want included in the file name
I was hoping to get Myaccount_Share dTDESKey.txt

[deaddog4201]

im begining to think theres not anyone here that knows anything at all of all the posts ive made here only 1 was answered and all i got was a link to the ms website you guys are genious....

[Killer42]

im begining to think theres not anyone here that knows anything at all of all the posts ive made here only 1 was answered and all i got was a link to the ms website you guys are genious....

Sorry to hear you're not getting much response here, deaddog. We generally try to answer all questions. Unfortunately we seem to be a bit short on VB experts at the moment.

Since we are just volunteering our own time when we can spare it, it can be quite difficult to keep up.

You're quite welcome to join in and help improve the response.


P.S. I haven't tried to answer this one, as I don't know any XML.