XmlReader.MoveToFirstAttribute Method moves to the first attribute.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim doc As New XmlDocument() doc.Load("books.xml") Dim nodeReader As New XmlNodeReader(doc) Dim settings As New XmlReaderSettings() settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema settings.Schemas.Add("urn:bookstore-schema", "books.xsd") Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(nodeReader, settings) reader.ReadToFollowing("book") reader.MoveToFirstAttribute() Dim genre As String = reader.Value Console.WriteLine("The genre value: " + genre) End Sub End Class