Gerald,

thanks for the code. I find it puzzling that 'normal' VFP routines are capable to write these strings that other applications refuse. I had looked for the characters that could be giving problems. Your reference looks promissing.
Thanks!

Ron

>>I have created a small vfp-com dll that returns data as an xml-string. This works fine. However, if I return the string on a webpage I get the following message:
>>Error: An invalid character was found in text content (in a dialog)
>>
>>When the string is shown in the browser you see the following:
>>The XML page cannot be displayed
>>Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
>>
>>Taking a close look into the string itself it is refering to the µ (greek-micro) character.
>>
>>I could remove this character but are the any more such characters that will give this problem. Is it possible to replace this character with an xml-allowed variant. Why can VFP generate this xml if it is not what Internet Explorer likes to have.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Ron
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>See: Re: Parsing Error - Invalid Token Due to & Thread #901300 Message #901368
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>HTH :)