Question

I am trying a simple example for deserialization of an xml file in vb.net 2008, but there must be a simple mistake somewhere.

Error:

There is an error in XML document (1, 2).

xml file:

<Item>test</Item>

vb code:

Public Class xmlClass
Public Item As String
End Class

…and in the form class:

Private Sub Deserialize()
Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(xmlClass))
Dim reader As New FileStream("c:\tmp\tmp2.xml", FileMode.Open)
Dim xi As xmlClass
xi = CType(serializer.Deserialize(reader), xmlClass)
End Sub

Answer 1

Try:

<xmlClass>
  <Item>Test</Item>
</xmlClass>

You need to put the class element around the field value. I confirmed this works using your above code with VS 2012.