Hi Folks,

I need help, because I am just at a loss.  I'm not super comfortable
with XML, but I'm trying to fight my way through generating an RSS XML
file for Google Base, and I'm stuck with a Namespace issue.

How can I get XmlSerializer to generate the standard RSS tags with no
prefix, but ensure that the Google specific tags a prefixed with "g:"?

Here's a sample of the code I'm using, and it puts g: in front of ALL
the tags (rss, title, everything):

RSS.vb

Imports System.Xml.Serialization

' Taken from http://www.philweber.com/articles/easy_rss_in_vbnet.htm
Public Class rss
 <XmlElementAttribute("channel")> _
 Public channel As New rssChannel()
 <XmlAttributeAttribute("version")> _
 Public version As String = "2.0"
End Class

Public Class rssChannel
 Public title As String
 Public link As String
 Public description As String
 Public language As String = "en-us"
 <XmlElementAttribute("item")> _
 Public item As New rssChannelItems()
End Class

Public Class rssChannelItems
 Inherits CollectionBase

 Public Sub Add(ByVal Item As rssChannelItem)
   Dim I As Integer = List.Add(Item)
 End Sub

 Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal Index As Integer) As
rssChannelItem
   Get
     Return CType(List.Item(Index), rssChannelItem)
   End Get
 End Property
End Class

Public Class rssChannelItem
 ' Required
 Public id As String
 Public title As String
 Public description As String
 Public link As String
 Public price As Double

 ' Recommended
 Public provider_class As String
End Class

Export.vb

Sub GenerateGoogleBase()
   Dim rssFeed As rss = Nothing
   Dim rssItem As rssChannelItem

   Try
     rssFeed = New rss

     With rssFeed.channel
       .title = "one"
       .description = "two"
       .link = "three"
     End With

     rssItem = new rssChannelItem
     rssItem.id = "1234"
     rssFeed.channel.item.Add(rssItem)

     Dim xml As New XmlSerializer(GetType(rss), "http://
base.google.com/ns/1.0")
     Dim strFile As New FileStream("C:\Test.xml", FileMode.Create)

     Dim xmlns As New XmlSerializerNamespaces()
     xmlns.Add("g", "http://base.google.com/ns/1.0")

     xml.Serialize(strFile, rssFeed, xmlns)

   Catch ex As Exception
   End Try
End Sub

What am I missing?  I'm sure it's something simple, but I have
tinkered for hours now and I can't figure it out.

THANK YOU in advance for any light you can shed on this...

  - Bryan