You can use the SELECT INTO statement to export formatted data to a file.

Data Export with an SQL Query

The following query exports data into a file formatted in comma-separated values (CSV):

SELECT FullName, Company INTO [csv://Activities.txt] FROM [Activities] WHERE FullName = 'Anna'

You can specify other formats in the file URI. The possible delimiters are tab, semicolon, and comma with the default being a comma. The following example exports tab-separated values:

SELECT FullName, Company INTO [csv://Activities.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Activities] WHERE FullName = 'Anna'

C#

String connectionString = "URL=https://myActCRMserver.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;ActDatabase=MyDB;";

using (ActCRMConnection connection = new ActCRMConnection(connectionString)) {
  ActCRMCommand cmd = new ActCRMCommand("SELECT FullName, Company INTO [csv://Activities.txt] FROM [Activities] WHERE FullName = 'Anna' ", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "URL=https://myActCRMserver.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;ActDatabase=MyDB;" 

Using connection As New ActCRMConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New ActCRMCommand("SELECT FullName, Company INTO [csv://Activities.txt] FROM [Activities] WHERE FullName = 'Anna'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using

You can specify other file formats in the URI. The following example exports tab-separated values:

C#

String connectionString = "URL=https://myActCRMserver.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;ActDatabase=MyDB;";

using (ActCRMConnection connection = new ActCRMConnection(connectionString)) {
  ActCRMCommand cmd = new ActCRMCommand("SELECT * INTO [Activities] IN [csv://filename=c:/Activities.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Activities] WHERE FullName = 'Anna'", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "URL=https://myActCRMserver.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;ActDatabase=MyDB;" 

Using connection As New ActCRMConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New ActCRMCommand("SELECT * INTO [Activities] IN [csv://filename=c:/Activities.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Activities] WHERE FullName = 'Anna'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using