using XElement.Parse to load Xml from String
Imports System Imports System.Reflection Imports System.Xml Module Module1 Sub Main() Dim doc As String = "<people>" & _ "<!-- Person section -->" & _ "<person>" & _ "<id>1</id>" & _ "<firstname>A</firstname>" & _ "<lastname>B</lastname>" & _ "<idrole>1</idrole>" & _ "</person>" & _ "</people>" Dim xml As XElement = XElement.Parse(doc) Console.WriteLine(xml) End Sub End Module