Public Function Deserialize( _
   ByVal r As XmlNodeReader _
) As Boolean

Dim instance As DefaultSheetSpanModel
Dim r As XmlNodeReader
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.Deserialize(r)

public bool Deserialize( 
   XmlNodeReader r
)

FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.DefaultSheetSpanModel defspanModel = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.DefaultSheetSpanModel();
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Models.Span = defspanModel;
defspanModel.Add(0, 0, 3, 3);
bool b;
System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
doc.Load("D:\\Temp\\myser.xml");
System.Xml.XmlNode node; 
node = doc.FirstChild;
while (!node.Name.Equals("Span"))
    node = node.NextSibling;
System.Xml.XmlNodeReader r = new System.Xml.XmlNodeReader(node);
r.Read();
b = defspanModel.Deserialize(r);
listBox1.Items.Add(b.ToString());

Dim defspanModel As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.DefaultSheetSpanModel()
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Models.Span = defspanModel
defspanModel.Add(0, 0, 3, 3)
Dim b As Boolean
Dim doc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument()
doc.Load("D:\Temp\myser.xml")
Dim node As System.Xml.XmlNode
node = doc.FirstChild
While Not (node.Name.Equals("Span"))
    node = node.NextSibling
End While
Dim r As New System.Xml.XmlNodeReader(node)
r.Read()
b = defspanModel.Deserialize(r)
ListBox1.Items.Add(b)