Serialize Element Order

[Lars]

Hello All,
I have a question: is it possible to set the order of the elements of
serialized object?

Lets say we have

Public Class Order
Public Price As Decimal
Private Quantity As Decimal
Public Readonly Property Total() As Decimal
Get
Return Quantity * Price
End Get
End Property
<System.Xml.Ser ialization.XmlE lementAttribute ("Address")> _
Public Address() As Address
End Class
Class Address
.......

When Serializing the class Order I expected the outcome to be in this order:

<Order>
<price />
<quantity />
<total />
<adress />
<Order>

But the <total> element is always serialized behind the Address element.

<Order>
<price />
<quantity />
<adress />
<total />
<Order>
(seems to be, because it as a Property)

I know to XML this is no problem but one of our partners is parsing the XML
as a Textfile and so will not find the expected Atribute.

Thanks in advance.