xml serialization class is not working with colon in element tag

Here is a simplified version of the xml that gets generated


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<pre_x003A_SalesOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <DataArea>
    <Received>
      <Status>SUCCESS</Status>
    </Received>
    <Order>
      <Headinfo>
       <Note>OrderDate: 3/8/2011</Note>
      </Headinfo>
    </Order>
  </DataArea>
</pre_x003A_SalesOrder>

I cant post the xml code because it contains sensitive information but should i be looking for attribute tags like this?

System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute([Namespace]:="http://ourcompany.com/salesorderinfo"),  _
 System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("SalesOrder", [Namespace]:="http://ourcompany.com/salesorderinfo", IsNullable:=false)>  _

Where woudl the "pre:" be going?

Well what the generate xml should look like is this

<pre:SalesOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <DataArea>
    <Received>
      <Status>SUCCESS</Status>
    </Received>
    <Order>
      <Headinfo>
       <Note>OrderDate: 3/8/2011</Note>
      </Headinfo>
    </Order>
  </DataArea>
</pre:SalesOrder>

Ok, when i go through and serialize the xml why does it put this tag on

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

instead of encoding it in utf-8  ?

Hey guys i found the problem, this site provided me with the answer

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3862063/serializing-an-object-as-utf-8-xml-in-net


The default encoding must be utf-16, so switching it to uft-8 before serializing seems to have fixed the issue.

Ok, i still cant get this working, i am using the xsd.exe tool to create the xml serialization class based off the schema they are sending me.  Can someone point me to a tutorial that better explains what i should be doing.

K, could someone explain what this code should be doing?

<System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.42"), _
 System.SerializableAttribute(), _
 System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute(), _
 System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code"), _
 System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute([Namespace]:="http://mycom.com/updatemachine"), _
 System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("UpdateOrder", [Namespace]:="http://mycom.com/updatemachine", IsNullable:=False)> _
Partial Public Class UpdateOrderType
end Class

I left out all the variables, this code gets created when i run the xsd.exe tool on their provided shema?   When i run this code the it creates this opening tag

<UpdateOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="<UpdateOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://mycom.com/updatemachine">


The above tag is missing the "pre:"  I am being told the above tag should look like this

<pre:UpdateOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="<UpdateOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pre="http://mycom.com/updatemachine">