<element name="DocDate" type="string" minOccurs="0" /> <element name="DocDueDate" type="string" minOccurs="0" />Note the type is string without maxLength restriction? Elements like this are mapped to Memo fields by default. However, I am pretty sure Memo fields retain original values. If you want those elements to be mapped to Character fields, either modify the XSD schema to include maxLength restrictions or modify DataType and MaxLength properties for corresponding XMLField objects (see message #1091626 for example).