XElement.Save (XmlWriter) serializes this element to an XmlWriter.
Imports System Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.XPath Imports System.Text Imports System.IO Public Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Dim sb As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder() Dim xws As XmlWriterSettings = New XmlWriterSettings() xws.OmitXmlDeclaration = True Using xw = XmlWriter.Create(sb, xws) Dim root As XElement = <Root> <Child>child content</Child> </Root> root.Save(xw) End Using Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString()) End Sub End Class