VB.NET Serialization Missing dot right before new line serialization - vb.net

Question

I've been using XML serialization for a while, and today I realized something really odd. If I have a new line right after a "dot" (.), when i deserialize, I lose the dot. Has anyone ever had this happen to them? The following is my serialization code:
Serialize
Dim xmlSerializer As New System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(GetType(SilverWare.Licensing.Common.StoreLicense), New System.Type() {GetType(SilverWare.Licensing.Common.StationLicense)})
Dim gen As LicenseGenerator
If store Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("store")
ElseIf store.StationLicenses Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentNullException("store.StationLicenses")
ElseIf store.StationLicenses.Length = 0 Then
Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("store.StationLicenses", "Must contain at least one element.")
End If
' Create a license generator for issuing new license keys.
gen = New LicenseGenerator(store)
' Generate store key.
store.LicenseKey = gen.GenerateLicenseKey
' Generate individual station keys.
For Each station In store.StationLicenses
station.LicenseKey = gen.GenerateLicenseKey(station)
Next
' Write license to file.
Using xFile As Xml.XmlWriter = Xml.XmlWriter.Create(licenseFile)
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xFile, store)
xFile.Close()
End Using
Deserialize
Dim xmlDeserializer As New System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(GetType(SilverWare.Licensing.Common.StoreLicense), New System.Type() {GetType(SilverWare.Licensing.Common.StationLicense)})
Dim result As SilverWare.Licensing.Common.StoreLicense
Using xFile As Xml.XmlReader = Xml.XmlReader.Create(licenseFile)
result = DirectCast(xmlDeserializer.Deserialize(xFile), SilverWare.Licensing.Common.StoreLicense)
xFile.Close()
End Using
Return result
The really funny part is that if I have a space after the dot, or remove the new line character, there are no problems. This only happens if it is dot which I find mind boggling.
Here is a quick sample of my XML file that was created when I serialized:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<StoreLicense xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
...
<ReceiptAddress>98 N. Washington St.
Berkeley Springs West Virginia</ReceiptAddress>
<Name>Ambrae House at Berkeley Springs</Name>
<AliasName>Ambrae House</AliasName>
<Address1>98 N. Washington St.</Address1>
<Address2 />
...
</StoreLicense>
The line that is having the problem is the ReceiptAddress Node.

Answer 1

This post on MSDN seems to answer your question.
MSDN: Serialize String containing only whitespace such as a " " character
From that post, try this:
<XmlAttribute("xml:space")> _
Public SpacePreserve As [String] = "preserve"
This creates a root node like the following:
<DataImportBase xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xml:space="preserve">
Jim

Answer 2

Since I was using someone elses dll, I didn't even think that it would be modifying my data when we imported it. What was happening was that the other programmer had a reg_ex that was looking for a dot before a new line. That was my issue, and my grief for 3 months.