>Thanks Claudio,

you're welcome.

>I got that code working and now I have an XML file with the jpeg code inside of it.....now I need to read it and display it on my web page using vb.net....ideas? Thank you!

I'm not sure exactly how you can read that (I think you have to use a StreamReader, or something like that), and then for the "displaying" part, you can do that using GDI+. There are two great articles that can teach you how available here:
http://www.code-magazine.com/article.aspx?quickid=03050801
http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0307031

HTH