What if you have string '1000' in the XML? It'll be changed to '1.0.0.0.'

>>I normally avoid using Reserved words. The below XML snippet was cut out of a much larger snippet. I am using Win2k SP2 VFP 7.0 SP1 as you are however I got everythinhg working even using reserved words. I am not sure what is going on on yourside.
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>Sorry - it was me. I have put an invalid character in the XML code when editing it. Sorry again for the inconvenience.
>I made additional tests - if you have numerical fields with only values 0 or 1 VFP parser thinks them as they are logical!
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>Have found a possible workaround - check whether it is appropriate for your problem (the code is a little bit "dirty"):
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>CREATE CURSOR csSettings ( ;
>Name C(25), ;
>Value C(10), ;
>Type C(1), ;
>Width N(5), ;
>Precision N(15) ;
>)
>Append Blank
>Replace ;
>name with "cntGetWorkDirectory", ;
>value with "", type with "C", ;
>width with 0, precision with 0
>Append Blank
>Replace ;
>name with "cntGetWorkDirectory", ;
>value with "", type with "C", ;
>width with 0, precision with 0
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>CursorToXML(Alias(),'test', 2, 16, 0, "")
>* the following strtran does the trick:
>XMLToCursor(Strtran(Strtran(test, ["0"], ["0."]), ["1"], ["1."]), 'test')
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>The trick is to add an extra decimal point after the single 0s and 1s.
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>HTH