Yep, I know but at least I can get the main XML ready and with a little text manipulation I can get where I'm going

BdeHoyos

>It should work but keep in mind that it will not help you with XSD.
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>>do you think it might work if I create a DLL in VFP 9 and call it from a VFP 8 application.
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>>I can not upgrade the whole application at this time.
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>>>The XmlAdapter doesn't use schema when creaating XML. ALso, in VFP8 it cannot create nested XML. In VFP9 the XmlAdapter can create nested XML..