XmlTextWriter.Formatting Property indicates how the output is formatted.
Option Explicit Option Strict Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim writer As XmlTextWriter = Nothing writer = New XmlTextWriter(Console.Out) writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented writer.Indentation = 4 writer.WriteStartElement("book") writer.WriteStartElement("title") writer.WriteString("C#") writer.WriteEndElement() writer.WriteEndElement() writer.Close() End Sub End Class