The LoadXML() method loads XML from a string not from a file. You would use the Load() method to load from a file or URL.

>While I have been working on that I am hitting another problem.
>I have an xml file. The following code will prodice an error:
>o = createaboject('msxml2.freethreaddomdocument')
>o.loadxml(myfile)
>?o.getelementbytagname(elementname).item(0).nodetypevalue - error Member ITEM does not evaluate to an object
>
>but this will work:
>o.loadxml(filetostr(myfile))
>
>So, what does filetostr do?