XmlWriter.Create creates a new XmlWriter instance using the stream and XmlWriterSettings object.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Imports System.Text Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim settings As XmlWriterSettings = New XmlWriterSettings() settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment settings.CloseOutput = false ' Create the XmlWriter object and write some content. Dim strm as MemoryStream = new MemoryStream() Dim writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(strm, settings) writer.WriteElementString("orderID", "1-456-ab") writer.Flush() writer.Close() End Sub End Class