XDocument.Declaration Property gets or sets the XML declaration for this document.
Imports System Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.XPath Public Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Dim doc As XDocument = _ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <!--This is a comment--> <Root>content</Root> Console.WriteLine(doc.Declaration) End Sub End Class