How big are strings you've to convert?
>Absolutely cool :)))
>
>Thats what I need.. Not sure about performance but I like it
>
>Thanks a lot!
>This is SOLUTION!
>
>>More generic way
>>
>>loXmlDoc = CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0")
>>loNode = loXmlDoc.createTextNode(" M&M's")
>>? loNode.xml
>>
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