Ypu've to specify the third parameter 512 if XML source is a file.

XMLTOCURSOR("h:\temp\XML.xml","__XML", 512)

>I'm trying to use the XMLTOCURSOR function of VFP7
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>Why do I always get the message "XML Parse error: Invalid at the top level of the document . Lin 1, position 1. [xml file name]"
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>e.g. with this sample code
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>CREATE CURSOR "_XML" (cXML C(1))
>INSERT INTO _XML (cXML) VALUES ("XML")
>CURSORTOXML("_XML", "C:\XML.xml", 1, 512)
>XMLTOCURSOR("C:\XML.xml")
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>The xml file created on the hard drive looks OK when viewed in a browser etc.
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>I also cannot get any of the xml files I find on my computer into a cursor - i always get the same error. Any ideas / suggestions of an xml file somewhere on the web I can import to a cursor.
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>When I get this working, I need to create a cursor from XML returned from a http request e.g. XMLTOCURSOR("http://path and parameters) - will this work?
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>Neil Shumsky