>>So what happens if you remove the xsd part with an editor? If this solves the problem you might do this using string operations or the like.
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>>If not, you might be unable to solve the problem with VFP internal commands
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>I cannot remove the xsd part from the xml (it is used by too many customers). Then I will look for a different approach.

Why not? Simply create a copy to some temp and manipulate the snapshot. Just to test if you can use it at all.