[RESOLVED] How to add xml schema to xmlwriter output

Have a datagridview that a user adds to based on other actions. When all down I need to take the data in the datagridview and save to a xml file in xml format with the schema included. In my print command I can create the schema code and put in textbox and create a xml file but how do I write the schema info inside the root node?

Here is my code now.

Code:

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Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Schema

Private Sub btnPrint_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnPrint.Click

        If PrintToPrinterToolStripMenuItem.Checked = True Then
            '....... printer
        Else
            Dim sLogFolder As String = Environment.CurrentDirectory & "\Logs\"
            Dim sLogFileName As String = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-hhmmss") & "_reportdata-file.xml"
            Dim iMaxRows As Integer = dgvItems.Rows.Count - 1

            Dim schema As New XmlSchema()
            Dim elementReport As New XmlSchemaElement()
            schema.Items.Add(elementReport)
            elementReport.Name = "ReportData"

            Dim ctReport As New XmlSchemaComplexType()
            elementReport.SchemaType = ctReport

            Dim sqReport As New XmlSchemaSequence()
            ctReport.Particle = sqReport

            Dim eCheckAmt As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eCheckAmt)
            eCheckAmt.Name = "CheckAmount"
            eCheckAmt.MinOccurs = 0
            eCheckAmt.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("decimal", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eCheckNum As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eCheckNum)
            eCheckNum.Name = "CheckNumber"
            eCheckNum.MinOccurs = 0
            eCheckNum.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("int", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eCustID As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eCustID)
            eCustID.Name = "CustID"
            eCustID.MinOccurs = 0
            eCustID.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("int", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eCustName As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eCustName)
            eCustName.Name = "CustName"
            eCustName.MinOccurs = 0
            eCustName.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eInvoiceNum As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eInvoiceNum)
            eInvoiceNum.Name = "InvoiceNum"
            eInvoiceNum.MinOccurs = 0
            eInvoiceNum.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("int", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eInvoiceBal As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eInvoiceBal)
            eInvoiceBal.Name = "InvoiceBal"
            eInvoiceBal.MinOccurs = 0
            eInvoiceBal.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("decimal", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eTerms As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eTerms)
            eTerms.Name = "Terms"
            eTerms.MinOccurs = 0
            eTerms.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim eOrderNum As New XmlSchemaElement()
            sqReport.Items.Add(eOrderNum)
            eOrderNum.Name = "OrderNum"
            eOrderNum.MinOccurs = 0
            eOrderNum.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("int", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

            Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(New NameTable())
            nsmgr.AddNamespace("xs", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
            Dim sw As New IO.StringWriter
            schema.Write(sw, nsmgr)

            'right now just writing to a textbox but need to add to below after root node, before data
            txtSQL.Text = sw.ToString


            Dim xmlSettings As New XmlWriterSettings()
            xmlSettings.Indent = True
            xmlSettings.IndentChars = "    "
            xmlSettings.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8

            Using xmlWriter As XmlWriter = xmlWriter.Create(sLogFileName, xmlSettings)
                xmlWriter.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0'")
                xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("ReportData")

                'data
                For i As Integer = 0 To iMaxRows
                    If dgvItems(0, 1).Value.ToString.Length > 0 Then
                        createNode(dgvItems(0, i).Value, dgvItems(1, i).Value, dgvItems(2, i).Value, dgvItems(3, i).Value, dgvItems(4, i).Value, dgvItems(5, i).Value, dgvItems(6, i).Value, _
                              dgvItems(7, i).Value, xmlWriter)
                    End If
                Next

                xmlWriter.WriteEndElement()
                xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument()
                xmlWriter.Close()
            End Using

            MessageBox.Show("File " & sLogFolder & sLogFileName & " created.")
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub createNode(ByVal sCheckAmount As String, ByVal sCheckNumber As String, _
                          ByVal sCustID As String, ByVal sCustName As String, _
                          ByVal sInvNum As String, ByVal sInvBal As String, _
                          ByVal sTerms As String, ByVal sOrderNum As String, xw As XmlWriter)
        xw.WriteStartElement("Entry")
        xw.WriteStartElement("CheckAmount")
        xw.WriteString(sCheckAmount)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("CheckNumber")
        xw.WriteString(sCheckNumber)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("CustID")
        xw.WriteString(sCustID)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("CustName")
        xw.WriteString(sCustName)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("InvoiceNum")
        xw.WriteString(sInvNum)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("InvoiceBal")
        xw.WriteString(sInvBal)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("Terms")
        xw.WriteString(sTerms)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteStartElement("OrderNum")
        xw.WriteString(sOrderNum)
        xw.WriteEndElement()
        xw.WriteEndElement()
    End Sub

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Figured it out.

Change

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txtSQL.Text = sw.ToString

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to

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Dim sSchema As String = sw.ToString

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Then in the Using statement add a .WriteRaw like so

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Using xmlWriter As XmlWriter = xmlWriter.Create(sLogFileName, xmlSettings)
                xmlWriter.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0'")
                xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("ReportData")
xmlWriter.WriteRaw(sSchema) '<--- NEW LINE

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