Thank you for the references. Yes, this is what I will probably have to do on the VFP side, whereas I was hoping that there is a way to do it on the .NET XML side.

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>>>>>>When building an XML file in code (using XmlDocument) how do I specify that some elements should be able to contain any characters? (even ampersand sign &)?
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>>>>>>Thank you.
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>>>>>If you are building the XML file manually, I think you will need to replace the ampersand with &. Here is a page that shows the XML special characters:
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>>>>>http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/14068
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>>>>Thank you for the reply, suggestion, and the link.
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>>>>You probably were saying to replace & with & + "amp" + ";"? This is what I am trying to avoid. Let me give you an example.
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>>>>User enters in a multi-line text box something like "Paul & Jane". My ASP.NET application adds the .value of this text box to an XML and the XML is then sent to VFP database. I believe that somewhere along the way, the "&" in the text is converted to "&" + "amp" + ";". Then the user later looks at the text (in the VFP application) and sees "Paul "&" + "amp" + ";" Jane". It has to say only & just like it was originally typed. So, I believe that I need to add something to the XML file to make ASP.NET allow any characters. Does it make sense?
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>>>Yes, I see what you mean. Unfortately, I can't think of anything of the top of my head to help you. It seems like you need some sort of XML encoding and decoding funcationality.
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>>>Maybe this can help you: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/35577sxd(VS.71).aspx
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>>I think if nobody makes a suggestion I will have to write a code to process the text (on the VFP side) and to convert the "&" + "amp" + ";" back to a single "&".
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>>Thank you.