Yes, you can return lcOutputXML, and skip the Save method. And it is type character string.

HTH.



>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.
>>
>>

>>*&  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
>>*&
>>

>>
>>
>>
>>>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