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To quickly create a new XML document you can use the XMLTextWriter class. There are many ways to create XML in the .NET Framework, but the XMLTextWriter is one of the quickest. Click here to copy the following block Dim mywriter As System.Xml.XmlTextWriter mywriter = New System.Xml.XmlTextWriter("c:\myxml.xml", Nothing) With mywriter    .Indentation = 4   .IndentChar = " "   .Formatting = .Indentation   .WriteStartDocument()   .WriteComment("This Is A List of My Books")   .WriteStartElement("MyBooks")   .WriteStartElement("Book")   .WriteAttributeString("ISBN", "1861005652")   .WriteAttributeString("Title", "Professional Visual Basic Interoperability")   .WriteElementString("Author", "Billy Hollis")   .WriteElementString("Author", "Rockford Lhotka")   .WriteEndElement() 'For Book   .WriteEndElement() 'For MyBooks   .WriteEndDocument() End With mywriter.Flush() mywriter.Close() Sample Output Click here to copy the following block <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!-- This Is A List of My Books --> <MyBooks>     <Book ISBN="1861005652" Title="Professional Visual Basic Interoperability">         <Author>Billy Hollis</Author>         <Author>Rockford Lhotka</Author>     </Book> </MyBooks>

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