Read and Write XML files using VB.NET.

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Private Sub cmdWite_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdWite.Click
        Call Write_XML()

    End Sub

    Private Sub Write_XML()
        Dim XMLobj As Xml.XmlTextWriter
        Dim enc As New System.[Text].UnicodeEncoding()
        XMLobj = New Xml.XmlTextWriter("C:\test.xml", enc)

        XMLobj.Formatting = Xml.Formatting.Indented
        XMLobj.Indentation = 3
        XMLobj.WriteStartDocument()

        XMLobj.WriteStartElement("Books")
        XMLobj.WriteStartElement("Book")

        XMLobj.WriteAttributeString("ISBN", "100000000")
        XMLobj.WriteAttributeString("Title", "IvbNET.com")
        XMLobj.WriteAttributeString("Price", "50.00")

        XMLobj.WriteEndElement()
        XMLobj.WriteEndElement()

        XMLobj.Close()
        MsgBox("Done", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "XML")
    End Sub

    Private Sub cmdRead_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdRead.Click
        Call Read_XML()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Read_XML()
        Dim XMLReader As Xml.XmlReader
        XMLReader = New Xml.XmlTextReader("C:\test.xml")

        While XMLReader.Read
            Select Case XMLReader.NodeType
                Case Xml.XmlNodeType.Element
                    Debug.WriteLine(XMLReader.Name)
                    If XMLReader.AttributeCount > 0 Then
                        While XMLReader.MoveToNextAttribute
                            Debug.WriteLine(XMLReader.Name & "->" & XMLReader.Value)
                        End While
                    End If
                Case Xml.XmlNodeType.Text
                    Debug.WriteLine(XMLReader.Value)
                Case Xml.XmlNodeType.Comment
                    Debug.WriteLine(XMLReader.Value)
            End Select
        End While
        XMLReader.Close()
        MsgBox("Done", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "XML")
    End Sub
End Class