In that case, i can just return the lcOutputXML? Is it of type String?

>You may refer to the 'XML' property for it's XML representation of the node and all its descendants.
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>

>*&  from your example.
>*&
>loOutput = CreateObject( "MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0" )
>*** now i should use .AppendChild() or the like of loOutput to
>*** fill in the xml object.
>*&
>*&  Add this line to get the XML raw text.
>lcOutputXML = loOutput.documentElement.XML
>*&
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>>Here is some code from my com app:

>>PROCEDURE GetCars( InXml as String ) AS String
>>LOCAL lcReturn, loXML, loRoot, loElement
>>LOCAL loOutput, loOutRoot, loOutElement
>>		
>>LOCAL lOpCode, lCountry
>>
>>lcReturn = "test"
>>*** fills in the xml with the InXml param.
>>loXML = CREATEOBJECT( "MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0" )
>>loXML.loadXML( InXml )
>>loRoot = loXML.documentElement
>>*** then i loop through the nodes of loRoot, and do some stuff with it
>>*** the result of that stuff should be appended to some new xml string
>>
>>loOutput = CreateObject( "MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0" )
>>*** now i should use .AppendChild() or the like of loOutput to
>>*** fill in the xml object.
>>

>>I know i could then use loOutput.Save method to save the xml into a file and then RETURN (FileToStr(thexml.xml)), but that's what i want to avoid. How can i return the xml as a string?
>>
>>Jaime
>>
>>>Depends on how big your XML string is going to be. If less than 64K, just build the a character text string using a memory variable.
>>>
>>>Hope that helps (or do I not fully grasp the problem?)
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All
>>>>Here is the scenario. I have an ASP page that receives as param. an XML string, calls a VFP COM that does some work on it and returns a new XML. This newly created XML is then sent back by the ASP.
>>>>The ASP part works well. It basically runs something like

>>>>MyVFPCom( xmlIn, xmlOut )
>>>>Response.Write( xmlOut )

>>>>My problem is with the creation of the xmlOut string. How do i create it? I would like to avoid having to create a .xml file then send the FILETOSTR of the file, but rather just work on memory.
>>>>So, how can i create the XML string from the MyVFPCom?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>Jaime