Hi,

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I am attempting to write the following to an XML file:
credit_type type="joint"
with the WriteElementString() method. It keeps writing the following:
credit_type="joint"
I am having difficulty trying to get the other "type" element into the document.
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Could try something like instead:

w.WriteStartElement("credit_type")
w.WriteAttributeString("type", "joint")
'Add element content etc. 
w.WriteEndElement()

HTH,
Viv