Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
 
Public Class Form1
 
    Public Function GetNodes(ByVal query As String) As List(Of XPathNavigator)
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml( _
            "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>" & _
            "<job>" & _
            "  <name>test</name>" & _
            "  <guid>1E9BD421-BD6D-49E0-AEC1-D56AC308DB4B</guid>" & _
            "  <include>C:\test</include>" & _
            "  <type>Incremental</type>" & _
            "  <destination>" & _
            "    <type>local</type>" & _
            "    <path>D:\test</path>" & _
            "  </destination>" & _
            "</job>")
        Dim nav As XPathNavigator = doc.CreateNavigator()
        Dim ni As XPathNodeIterator = nav.Select(query)
        Dim list As New List(Of XPathNavigator)
        While ni.MoveNext()
            list.Add(ni.Current)
        End While
        Return list
    End Function
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As _
      System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ' Alles "destination"-Knoten suchen
        Dim d As List(Of XPath.XPathNavigator) = GetNodes("/job/destination")
        ' Aus dem ersten "destination"-Knoten den "type"-Wert auslesen
        Dim type As String = d(0).SelectSingleNode("//type").Value
        ' type soll jetzt "local" enthalten, hat aber "Incremental"
        MessageBox.Show(type)
    End Sub
End Class