Hi Ian, That is the next Item I need to try. I am extracting the code from my main application and placing it in a separate test project. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Sharpe Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 8:49 PM To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Visual Basic .net: getting XMLWriter not to access the Internet Did you try the passing in the simplified XML I provided or something similar? Cheers ian -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal Sent: 16 May 2011 15:49 To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Visual Basic .net: getting XMLWriter not to access the Internet Sorry, I have now tried setting standalone to "yes" without any success. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Soronel Haetir Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 6:40 AM To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Re: Visual Basic .net: getting XMLWriter not to access the Internet Pranav, David was suggesting that you try setting standalone to "yes". On 5/15/11, Pranav Lal <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi David and Ian, > > I have tried setting standalone="no" without any success. The problem seems > to be that the program is going out to look for the document type > definition. I ran a network sniffer and can see this clearly. In case anyone > is curious, I have uploaded the first packet my program sends to my > dropbox's public folder. You can get the text file containing the > packet from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3688386/ProgramPackets.txt > > Pranav > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq