I written a vb.net app that reads the contents of an xml file and sets a textbox with one of the elements. I can read the file fine and seperate it but for the life of me can't figure out how to get the newlines from being displayed as 'squares' I've tried replacing them to no avail. here is what I've tried so far:

Code:
           recDirections &= _step(i).InnerText
           recDirections.Replace(vbCr, " ")
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