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>>>I've attached the xml file. I use FileToStr() with the xml file to convert into a string and then use the string in the load() command. I've also tried it with a strconv( , 11) with no joy.
>>>~M
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>>Your file has a UNICODE BOM at the beginning. It must be stripped off before passing it, as a string, to the XML parser. So you simply and preferably Load it, instead of LoadXML it, or SUBSTR(..., 3) before Load.
>Thanks, reckon I'm on the right track now but still stuck. I have the code read into a variable and I have the following so that it removes the first x characters.
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lcContent = SUBSTR(lcContent,AT("<",lcContent,1), LEN(lcContent) - (AT("<",lcContent,1) - 1))

>I show this to screen and it looks okay. But if I try to use it I get the adapter.tables.Count = 0. If I StrToFile and then read it back in I get the same Unicode BOM error.
>~M

The document encoding is different from the one that is declared (UTF-16) and the parser is complaining at thar. If no one else steps in, I'll come back to you later, unless you find a solution for yourself (I'll have to go offline for a few hours).