You need to create a StringWriter then use the ToString method avaiable on all .NET objects. Here is the code:

Dim cReturnString as String
Dim cXML As New StringWriter()
MyDataSet.WriteXml(cXML)
cReturnString = cXML.ToString()


>How dow I populate a STRING with the XML data from a DataSet? I do not want the output to go to a file, but be returned as a pure string for a middle tier that can then be consumed by FoxPro using XMLTOCURSOR().
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>Thanks,
>Troy