Th XMLTOCURSOR() function uses MSXML3 but I'm not sure if it's relevant.
Are you using CURSORTOXML() to convert to XML? If you do, try to generate inline schema in CursorToXML().

>I use the VFP function XMLTOCURSOR( myXMLString, MycAlias )
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>>What do you use to convert XML to cursor?
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>>>I get the following error notice when an application tries to parse an XML string.
>>>
>>>XML Parse error: Field width or number of decimal places is invalid. The dialog box then goes on with the xml string.
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>>>It successfully parses the string(s) despite the error. I've upgraded the machine to MSXML4 with SP2. I'm running VFP70 with SP1. The sequence of events is this:
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>>>A dll sends a query to SQL server.
>>>SQL sends the result set to the DLL.
>>>The DLL recieves the data set as a cursor. It then converts the cursor into an XML string and saves it as a property on the DLL.
>>>The string is then read from the DLL by the application and converted into a cursor.
>>>
>>>This happens constantly throughout the application. But in this one instance, I get the error.
>>>
>>>Ideas anyone?