Don't know if it'll help but you can try

oExcel.DisplayAlerts = .F.

>I am trying to open an xml file programatically. everything works as desired except for the prompt about the missing schema...
>can I set a propertry to use the default behaviour which gets used after clicking on OK
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>Thanks
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>peter
>by the way xmltocurso does not work as it is a 3 level deep xml schema