AS3 / AIR - Creating a plain text file?

Question

is it possible to create a plain text file with AS3 or AIR?

example: i would like to create a plain text file named "MyTextFile.txt", have it contain text that reads "This is my text file." and save it to my desktop.

another option would be to have the file already exist in a directory, so i would only have to rewrite its contents - assuming that would be easier.

all of which should happen as a background process, without any save dialoge panel appearing.

Answer 1

http://insideria.com/2008/03/beginning-air-accessing-the-fi-1.html

Answer 2

var file:File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("MyTextFile.txt");
var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
stream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
stream.writeUTFBytes("This is my text file.");
stream.close();