Hi, Chris.

>That seems a good way to go about it - the result is this (I have left the right hand end > of the tags off so that the message is sendable here):
>
>

><?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
><VFPData>
>	<response>
>		<text>Customer was not found</text>
>	</response>
></VFPData>
>

>
>I guess though my question is - why does the XML have to be in the form of a field in a VFPData object - would this do the same job without the VFPData wrapper?
>

><?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
>   <text>Customer was not found</text>
>

Note that what you need to be able to include tags in you message is put the code inside PRE tags. I already edited your message (I can becasue I'm part of the UT staff).

About your question, yes, the second one is a properly formed XML. The difference is that you have to produce it by hand, while the first one is produced by VFP.

Best luck,