XmlTextReader.MoveToFirstAttribute Method moves to the first attribute.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing Try reader = New XmlTextReader("attrs.xml") reader.MoveToContent() reader.MoveToFirstAttribute() Dim genre As String = reader.Value Console.WriteLine("The genre value: " & genre) Finally If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then reader.Close() End If End Try End Sub End Class