Craig Buchanan wrote:
> I have an Xml file that I use as a database of information about a 
> manufactures products.  It has the format:
> 
> <Manufacturer>
>     <Products>
>         <Product id="1" name="product a" price="1.00" />
>         ...
>     </Products>
>     <Suppliers>
>         <Supplier id="1" name="supplier x" />
>         ...
>     </Suppliers>
> </Manufacturer>
> 
> I would like to be able to use the Suppliers node as the source for the 
> XmlSerializer's Deserialize and Serialize methods.  I figure that I can load 
> an XmlDocument, then select the Suppliers node using an Xpath query 
> (//Supplers).  The question is how to send this to the XmlSerialier. 

Use an XmlNodeReader over the Suppliers XmlElement node e.g.
   Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
   doc.Load("file.xml")
   Dim suppliers as XmlNode = 
doc.SelectSingleNode("/Manufacturer/Suppliers")
   Dim reader As XmlReader = New XmlNodeReader(suppliers)
   ' now pass reader to Deserialze method of an XmlSerializer




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