>I myself needed to include the MSXML3*.* and had a tremendouse nightmare using the merge modules in ISE4.0. So much that I did not use them at all. I added the MDAC 2.7 SP1 at the end if my install. (Problem solved.)
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>I can honestly say, that using the merge modules was more of a nightmare than a feature. I did not have time to solve my issues with them and used other sources for my files.
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>(.MSM has a mind of their own.)

Yes, well, thanks for that. I occasionally think I imagine things. But usually I don't. I have the Microsoft MSXML3.MSI package and this works (but why do I have to tell my users to run it separately?)

John Burton