XmlTextReader.LocalName Property gets the local name of the current node.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing reader = New XmlTextReader("book2.xml") While reader.Read() If reader.IsStartElement() Then If reader.Prefix = String.Empty Then Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.LocalName) Else Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", reader.Prefix, reader.LocalName) Console.WriteLine(" The namespace URI is " & reader.NamespaceURI) End If End If End While End Sub End Class