You better check whether the document is valid before you start using it:

IF !EMPTY(xmlDoc.parseError.reason)
   RETURN  && Error
ENDIF

>Hi all,
>
>I'm having trouble getting the most simple example to work in traversing the XML DOM tree in ASP.
>
>I have an extremely simple XML file called note which I can't list here because it won't allow the tags but it is a very simple and valid document.
>
>And the example code in ASP:
>
>Dim xmlDoc, x
>set xmlDoc=CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
>xmlDoc.async="false"
>xmlDoc.load("note.xml")
>
>for each x in xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes
>response.write(x.nodename)
>response.write(": ")
>response.write(x.text)
>next
>
>I'm getting object required error on line 13 - for each x in xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes etc.