Also, download the free wwXML classes from West Wind, for great tools to convert from VFP cursors to XML and vice versa. http://www.west-wind.com/wwxml.asp
VFP7, due out very soon, will have similar functions like XMLTOCURSOR and CURSORTOXML.
And, you will find regular coverage of XML in every issue of Component Developer Magazine (CoDe) at www.code-magazine.com.