Hi John,
my first idea was to set loXmlAdapter.Tables[1].Fields[n].XMLName, but this property is read only. How about renaming the fields of your cursor in advance?
SELECT FieldName1 AS XmlFieldName1, FieldName2 AS XmlFieldName2 ;
FROM c_empllist ;
INTO CURSOR c_empllist_for_xml
HTH,
Markus