Problem with XML_Serializer

I'm kind of new to this XML stuff, and I've been trying to implement the XML Serializer to unserialize a toolbar configuration like the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <TOOLBAR icons="nav.bmp" hot_icons="nav.bmp" name="Google Toolbar" dllname="google_toolbar" id="tbs_toolbar_007370"> <BUTTON caption="" hint="My Logo" id="tb_btn_vFSMgLLx" img="" command="redirect" href="http://www.google.com"> <MENU type="Split" img="demo_logo.bmp" hotimg="demo_logo.bmp" id="tbs_menu_011299"> <ITEM caption="Google Home Page" hint="Navigate to the Google home page" img="" href="http://www.google.com" command="redirect" id="tbs_item_011508"/> <ITEM caption="Google Links" hint="" img="" id="tbs_item_016659"> </MENU> </BUTTON> <SEPARATOR id="tbs_separator_000555"/> <COMBO name="search" caption="" hint="Search Google" limit="40" histmax="10" id="tb_cmb_SVCgVyWG" command="keMdXGRo" dwidth="130" kind="editable"> </COMBO> <BUTTON caption="Search Web" hint="Search the Web" id="tb_btn_LKRIuoCj" img="93" command="OGFnfNCz"> <MENU type="Split" img="" hotimg="" id="tbs_menu_019589"> <ITEM caption="Search Web" hint="" img="" command="pXyPVctx" id="tbs_item_003161"/> </MENU> </BUTTON> </TOOLBAR> The problem I am running into is that the order of the elements is important to me, because this format determines how my toolbar will look. When I run it through the unserializer, each button gets put into button[] and each combo gets put into combo[] and my order is lost. What I'm looking to do is have the elements brought into a toolbar[] and then I can check if button[] is set for toolbar[0] or if combo is set for toolbar[0]. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance, John