Gets the local name of the current node.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml public class Sample public shared sub Main() Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument() doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples'>" & _ "<bk:ISBN>1-111111-57-5</bk:ISBN>" & _ "<title>C#</title>" & _ "</book>") Dim elem as XmlElement elem = CType(doc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes.Item(0),XmlElement) Console.Write("{0}:{1} = {2}", elem.Prefix, elem.LocalName, elem.InnerText) Console.WriteLine(elem.NamespaceURI) end sub end class