Marc,

>I need to read and update XML. I have VFP6.

If the XML file doesn't contain hierarchical data, you could use Ken Levy's xml2dbf and dbf2xml prgs, which can be downloaded from msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro. With these prgs you can copy the XML into a cursor, make your changes and copy the content of the cursor back to an XML file.

HTH,
Armin