Returns the value for the attribute with the specified name.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml public class Sample public shared sub Main() Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument() doc.LoadXml("<book genre='Computer' ISBN='1-111111-57-5'>" & _ "<title>C#</title>" & _ "</book>") Dim root as XmlElement = doc.DocumentElement if (root.HasAttribute("genre")) Dim genre as String = root.GetAttribute("genre") Console.WriteLine(genre) end if Console.WriteLine(doc.InnerXml) end sub end class