converting xml to text file

[devquest]

I have an xml file, and I need to convert it into a text file.
xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <po-response xmlns="http://seller.marketpl ace.sears.com/oms/v1" xmlns:xsi="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocat ion="https://seller.marketpl ace.sears.com//SellerPortal/s/schema/oms/purchaseorder-v1.xsd">
- <purchase-order>
<po-number>2180031</po-number>
<po-date>2009-12-27</po-date>
<expected-ship-date>2010-01-01</expected-ship-date>
- <shipping-detail>
<ship-to-name>WILLIAM BENTLEY</ship-to-name>
<city>INDIANAPO LIS</city>
<state>IN</state>
<zipcode>4622 1</zipcode>
<shipping-method>Ground</shipping-method>
</shipping-detail>
<customer-name>WILLIAM BENTLEY</customer-name>
- <po-line>
- <po-line-header>
<line-number>2</line-number>
<item-id>PRP2008</item-id>
<item-name>Kicker DSM60 6.5 Inch Coaxial 2-Way Speakers</item-name>
<item-sell-price>3900</item-sell-price>
<order-quantity>2</order-quantity>
</po-line-header>
- <po-line-detail>
<po-line-status>SHIPPED</po-line-status>
<quantity>2</quantity>
</po-line-detail>
</po-line>
- <po-line>
- <po-line-header>
<line-number>1</line-number>
<item-id>PRP2047</item-id>
<item-name>Kenwood KDC-138 AM/FM/CD-Receiver</item-name>
<item-sell-price>9437</item-sell-price>
<order-quantity>1</order-quantity>
</po-line-header>
- <po-line-detail>
<po-line-status>SHIPPED</po-line-status>
<quantity>1</quantity>
</po-line-detail>
</po-line>
<order-subtotal>172.37 </order-subtotal>
<sales-tax>13.54</sales-tax>
<shipping-fees>20.95</shipping-fees>
<order-total>206.86</order-total>
<po-status>CLOSED</po-status>
</purchase-order>

How can I convert this to a text file containing most of these fields?
Thank you.

[ThatThatGuy]

you can use XmlReader or XmlDocument classes of .net to retrieve data out of any node... or to parse the whole file...

it would be messy afterwards though...

[devquest]

ok. thank you. I figured out how to convert it to a text document. I have a question. Some of the purchase orders have many addresses returned
example:
<purchase-order>
<po-number>111111</po-number>
<po-date>2010-01-31</po-date>
<expected-ship-date>2010-02-05</expected-ship-date>
- <shipping-detail>
<ship-to-name>John Doe</ship-to-name>
<address>addres s 1</address>
<address>addres s 2</address>
<address>addres s 3</address>
<address>addres s 4</address>
<address>addres s 5</address>
<city>NY</city>
<state>NY</state>
<zipcode>1111 1</zipcode>
<shipping-method>USPS</shipping-method>
</shipping-detail>
<customer-name>John Doe</customer-name>
- <po-line>
- <po-line-header>
<line-number>1</line-number>
<item-id>Ab123</item-id>
<item-name>Item Name</item-name>
<item-sell-price>47.25</item-sell-price>
<order-quantity>1</order-quantity>
</po-line-header>
- <po-line-detail>
<po-line-status>NEW</po-line-status>
<quantity>1</quantity>
</po-line-detail>
</po-line>
<order-subtotal>47.25</order-subtotal>
<sales-tax>0.0</sales-tax>
<shipping-fees>6.25</shipping-fees>
<order-total>53.5</order-total>
<po-status>New</po-status>
</purchase-order>
I only want 3 addresses. If there are more, I want to remove the rest of the addresses. How can this be done in vb.net?
Thank you.