Chapter 34. Generating an XML Document

This chapter explains how to write code that generates XML documents using Visual Basic .NET and the classes provided in the Microsoft .NET Framework Class Library. This chapter assumes that you have a basic working knowledge of XML. If you need more detailed knowledge of XML, feel free to read “XML, DTD, and XMLSchema Fundamentals,” on our Web site.

The last chapter covered the aspects of reading XML. In that chapter, you learned the different structural parts of XML, such as elements and attributes. And you learned how to navigate this structure after the XML data is loaded. This chapter goes further to explain how you can create your own XML documents programmatically.

Because the Microsoft .NET platform ...

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