I used CursorToXML() to convert a FoxPro cursor to an XML file. That part worked fine, and it generated what looks like a good XML file to me.

CursorToXML('gfse_searchresults','c:\temp\001.xml',1,512,0)

However, when I try to use XmlToCur() on this XML file to read it back into a cursor, it complains about an invalid character.

XMLToCursor("c:\temp\001.xml", "test",512)

Error: XML Parser error: An invalid character was found in text content. Line 143, Position 15. _memberdata =

I know that one of the fields in my original cursor is a memo field which contains FoxPro code with a reference to the _memberdata property of a form, which is XML already, so it appears that this is causing the XmlToCursor() to fail.

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
<VFPData>
	<gfse_searchresults>
		<process>false</process>
		<filepath>h:\work\lm5\classes\menu.vcx</filepath>
		<filename>menu.vcx</filename>
		<trimmedmatchline>cpartcountsource A string that will be Eval'd to get the Qty of the current Part.</trimmedmatchline>
		<baseclass>grid</baseclass>
		<parentclass>menugrid</parentclass>
		<class>gridpartmtlitems</class>
		<name>cpartcountsource</name>
		<methodname/>
		<containingclass/>
		<classloc>menu.vcx</classloc>
		<matchtype>&lt;&lt;Property Def&gt;&gt;</matchtype>
		<timestamp>2014-12-17T17:29:32</timestamp>
		<filetype>VCX</filetype>
		<type/>
		<recno>588</recno>
		<procstart>0</procstart>
		<matchstart>12</matchstart>
		<matchlen>82</matchlen>
		<listext>false</listext>
		<column>RESERVED3</column>
		<code>npartcount
cpartcountsource A string that will be Eval'd to get the Qty of the current Part.
</code>
		<id>9</id>
		<matchline>cpartcountsource A string that will be Eval'd to get the Qty of the current Part.
</matchline>
		<replaced>false</replaced>
		<trimmedreplaceline/>
		<replaceline/>
		<replacerisk>3</replacerisk>
		<replace_dt/>
	</gfse_searchresults>
</VFPData>

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