TRY oXDOM = CREATEOBJECT('MSXML2.DOMDocument') CATCH TO loException oXDOM = .NULL. ENDTRY IF ISNULL(oXDOM) RETURN ENDIF loNodeText = oXDOM.createTextNode(ALLTRIM(C_POAUDIT.AUDIT_DESC)) lcXMLString = loNodeText.xml lcXMLString = '<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?><Changes>' + STRTRAN(lcXMLString, '"', '"') + '</Changes>'