Hi,
in the text file i get &lt; names &gt; how to get <names>



Dim xmlDoc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument
xmlDoc.LoadXml(ds.GetXml)
Dim Output As New XmlTextWriter(fileLoc, System.Text.Encoding.Default)

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<NewDataSet>
<xml>
<XML_F52E2B61-18A1-11d1-B105-00805F49916B>&lt; names &gt;&lt; name="Sam"/&gt;

thanks