You have to specify flag 512 for XML file. I would also recomend to create inline XML schema. See help for details.

>i am trying to convert a report layout file to xml like this:
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>=CURSORTOXML('r_list_permissions1','xx')
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>=XMLTOCURSOR('xx','reports\r_list_permissions2')
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>I get a xml parse error: invalid at teh top level of document, line 1 position 1 xx
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>can that be done?
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>reason:
>in a dialog which uses a report I want to chek if the report exists, if it does not create on from the embedded xml string