Hi
the previous post got messed up, posting again:

            Dim oSettings As New XmlReaderSettings
            oSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema
            oSettings.ValidationFlags =
XmlSchemaValidationFlags.ProcessInlineSchema

            Dim xmlr As XmlReader
            xmlr = XmlReader.Create(reader, oSettings)
            Dim myschema1 As XmlSchema = XmlSchema.Read(xmlr,
AddressOf ValidationCallback)

so far, pretty much textboook code. problem is, it doesnt even begin
to validate! I get:
"The root element of a W3C XML Schema should be <schema> and its
namespace should be 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'."

why is that? here is the XML (it has an inline schema... which is why
i set that option in my code)

thanks in advance!

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xml xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
	<xsd:schema >
	<xsd:element name="PL_PRICELISTCOUNTRYCUSTOMERTYPENAME">
		   <xsd:simpleType>
					 <xsd:restriction	 base="xsd:string">
										  <xsd:maxLength value="71"/>
					 </xsd:restriction>
		   </xsd:simpleType>
	</xsd:element>
	<xsd:element name="PLDTL_ACDINDICATOR"></xsd:element>
	<xsd:element name="PL_COUNTRYNAME">
		   <xsd:simpleType><xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"><xsd:maxLength
value="35"/>
				 </xsd:restriction></xsd:simpleType>
	</xsd:element>
	<xsd:element name="ITM_PARTNUMBER">
		   <xsd:simpleType><xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"><xsd:maxLength
value="16"/>
			</xsd:restriction>
		   </xsd:simpleType>
	</xsd:element>
	<xsd:element name="ITM_ITEMNAME">
		   <xsd:simpleType><xsd:restriction	base="xsd:string"><xsd:maxLength
value="80"/>
				 </xsd:restriction>
		   </xsd:simpleType>
	</xsd:element>
	<xsd:element name="pricelist"><xsd:complexType>
		<xsd:sequence>
			<xsd:element ref="PL_PRICELISTCOUNTRYCUSTOMERTYPENAME"/>
			<xsd:element ref="PLDTL_ACDINDICATOR"/>
			<xsd:element ref="PL_COUNTRYNAME"/>
			<xsd:element ref="ITM_PARTNUMBER"/>
			<xsd:element ref="ITM_ITEMNAME"/>
		</xsd:sequence>
	</xsd:complexType>
	</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

<pricelistroot>
	<pricelist>
		<PL_PRICELISTCOUNTRYCUSTOMERTYPENAME>United States Direct To
Reseller</PL_PRICELISTCOUNTRYCUSTOMERTYPENAME>
		<PLDTL_ACDINDICATOR>NONE</PLDTL_ACDINDICATOR>
		<PL_COUNTRYNAME>United States</PL_COUNTRYNAME>
		<ITM_PARTNUMBER>021-06069</ITM_PARTNUMBER>
		<ITM_ITEMNAME>Office Arabic CmprhnKit MVL CD</ITM_ITEMNAME>
	</pricelist>
</pricelistroot>
</xml>