XPathNavigator.AppendChild Method (XPathNavigator) creates a new child node
Imports System Imports System.Xml Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml.XPath Public Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument() document.Load("domainBooks.xml") Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator() navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.domain.com/books") navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.domain.com/books") Dim childNodes As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument() childNodes.Load(New StringReader("<pages xmlns='http://www.domain.com/books'>100</pages>")) Dim childNodesNavigator As XPathNavigator = childNodes.CreateNavigator() If childNodesNavigator.MoveToChild("pages", "http://www.domain.com/books") Then navigator.AppendChild(childNodesNavigator) End If Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml) End Sub End Class