Create XmlWriter using XmlWriter.Create method.
Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.Serialization Imports System.IO Public Class MainClass1 Public Shared Sub Main() Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings() settings.Indent = True settings.IndentChars = " " Using writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create("books.xml", settings) writer.WriteStartElement("book") writer.WriteElementString("price", "9.9") writer.WriteEndElement() writer.Flush() End Using End Sub End Class