>>Since I'm back here today, I will just recap current status with Don on e-mail:
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>>* -- this is do-able
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>>* -- Don is going to send me a large file to test what I've done, and he can post my code here if he likes when we're finished.
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>>* -- Don: I even have it working with msxml4 now <g>
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>>>L<
>I am back too and interested to see how all this will end up. Thanks for the great explanations Lisa.
>
>José

Lisa & Jose -
My "customer" has forgotten how he created the sample XML file. Are either of you familiar enough with Illustrator to walk me through it? I have the original map but there are no data tags in it and I have a 30 day trial version of Illustrator.

- Don