Hi Mike,

If method Load() or LoadXML() return .F., then XML file or XML string is not formal valid and you can not process the XML data.

MartinJ

>Hi Terry,
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>I'm lost with your example. I am a dumb newbie when it comes to this stuff.
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>Do you not have to load the XML file/string to the oXML object? I tried the oXML.LoadXML() and it returns .F. I've tried oXML.Load("c:\test.xml") and it returns .F. too.
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>Where did oXMLChild come from?
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>What does setProperty to XPath do and how do I know what valid values are for the first parameter?
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>Mike
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>>Even with a schema and an "xsi:schemaLocation" tag and the XSDs, you may not be able to use the adapter.
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>>Fortunately, with VFP, the command window and autocomplete you can work you way through the XML to figure out what needs to be done. Be sure to:
>>oXML=CREATEOBJECT("MSXML.DOMDocument") && Generic
>>oXML.async=.f.
>>oXML.setProperty("SelectionLanguage","XPath")
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>>and then look at some of the xml GET functions to validate the data and [then] retrieve it. Some examples:
>>if oXMLChild-getAttribute("myXMLTagName")==[C] && Is this tag there?
>>selectSingleNode("*[local-name()='myXMLTagName']") && Get one node
>>
>>You have the command window - and when learnig how to parse an XML - it comes in real handy!