I have a cursor that transforms into a xml string or file with no problem. But if I try to use xmlToCursor on it it give me an error. I can't tell you the error because I loaded MDAC 2.7 to see if it would correct the problem. Now VFP crashes when I try xmlToCursor on this string. I have many other cursors that work fine going between cursorToXML and xmlToCursor. I don't know how to put the file up here for you to see.