>>I wonder wether it's possible to display/output a field based on a condition
>>
>>eg
>>

>>         create cursor test ;
>>	(	need_a1	L, ;
>>		a0		c(10), ;
>>		a1		c(10), ;
>>		a2		c(10) ;
>>	)
>>	
>>	insert into test values( .T., '1', '10', '11')
>>	insert into test values( .F., '2', '20', '21')
>>	
>>	local xml, i, s
>>	xml = createobject('xmladapter')
>>	
>>	=xml.AddTableSchema('test')
>>	xml.xmlSchemalocation=''
>>
>>	i = m.xml.Tables(1).Fields.GetKey(strconv('need_a1', 12))
>>	assert !empty(m.i)
>>	= m.xml.Tables(1).Fields.Remove(m.i)
>>	
>>	 = m.xml.ToXml('s')
>>

>>
>>This produces the following output
>>

>><?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
>><VFPDataSet>
>>	<test>
>>		<a0>1</a0>
>>		<a1>10</a1>
>>		<a2>11</a2>  && do not need this
>>	</test>
>>	<test>
>>		<a0>2</a0>
>>		<a1>20</a1>  && here I do not need this line
>>		<a2>21</a2>
>>	</test>
>></VFPDataSet>
>>

>>
>>The output I would like is
>>

>><?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
>><VFPDataSet>
>>	<test>
>>		<a0>1</a0>
>>		<a1>10</a1>
>>	</test>
>>	<test>
>>		<a0>2</a0>
>>		<a2>21</a2>
>>	</test>
>></VFPDataSet>
>>

>>
>>I could put a certain value in the fields I do not need, eg null. Then I could go through the DOM object and remove the nodes with a null value. But I'd like to avoid the if possible
>>
>>thanks,
>
>
>Try:
>

>CLEAR
>SET ASSERTS ON
>create cursor test ;
>    (    need_a1    L, ;
>        a0        c(10), ;
>        a1        c(10), ;
>        a2        c(10) ;
>    )
>
>    insert into test values( .t., '1', '10', '11')
>    insert into test values( .f., '2', '20', '21')
>    REPLACE a1 WITH IIF(need_a1,a1,[]),;
>            a2 WITH IIF(need_a1,[],a2) ALL
>
>
>
>    local xml, i, s
>    xml = createobject('xmladapter')
>
>    =xml.AddTableSchema('test')
>    xml.xmlSchemalocation=''
>    o1 = m.xml.Tables(1).Fields
>     = m.xml.ToXml('s')
>

>
>That will generate the following output:
>

><?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
><VFPDataSet>
>	<test>
>		<need_a1>true</need_a1>
>		<a0>1</a0>
>		<a1>10</a1>
>		<a2/>
>	</test>
>	<test>
>		<need_a1>false</need_a1>
>		<a0>2</a0>
>		<a1/>
>		<a2>21</a2>
>	</test>
></VFPDataSet>
>

Yes, Borislav - thanks, I know that, but I would like the line to disappear from the output, ie no tag field

Based on a condition I have to output either A1 or A2, but not both