Hi Don,

Your XML is invalid because have not root element.
Exapmples:

XML & DTD
don2.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
<!DOCTYPE DOCUMENT SYSTEM "don2.dtd">
<root>
 <schedule time="1" display="45" program="xx76578" />
 <data>
  <data1>xxx</data1>
  <data2>XXX</data2>
 </data>
</root>

don2.dtd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<!ELEMENT root (schedule,data)>

<!ELEMENT schedule (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST schedule program  CDATA #REQUIRED
                   time  CDATA #REQUIRED
                   display CDATA #REQUIRED >

<!ELEMENT data (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT data (data1,data2)>

<!ELEMENT data1 (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT data2 (#PCDATA)>

XML & XSD
don.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
<root xmlns="urn:don" 
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
 xsi:schemaLocation="urn:don don.xsd">

 <schedule time="1" display="45" program="xx76578" />
 <data>
  <data1>xxx</data1>
  <data2>XXX</data2>
 </data>

</root>

don.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" standalone="yes"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    targetNamespace="urn:don"
    xmlns="urn:don" elementFormDefault="qualified">

 <xs:complexType name="dataelement">
 </xs:complexType>

 <xs:complexType name="dataelements">
  <xs:sequence>
   <xs:element name="data1" type="dataelement" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
   <xs:element name="data2" type="dataelement" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
  </xs:sequence>
 </xs:complexType>

 <xs:complexType name="schemaelement">
  <xs:attribute name="program" type="xs:string" use="required" />
  <xs:attribute name="type" type="xs:int" use="required" />
  <xs:attribute name="time" type="xs:float" use="required" />
 </xs:complexType>

 <xs:complexType name="root">
  <xs:sequence>
   <xs:element name="scheme" type="schemaelement" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
   <xs:element name="data" type="dataelements" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
  </xs:sequence>
 </xs:complexType>

 </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

MartinJ

>Well I'll be @!#*. You are right. I've been running in circles trying to figure out how to write schemas and dtd's and never thought to try the xmltocursor on this piece of data. The sample of course is only part of a much more complex file that has data in mixed forms like that shown (mixed between <>) and also other parts where the data is separated into discrete elements like:
>
>

><schedule time=1 display=45 program=xx76578 />
><data>
><data1>xxx</data1>
><data2>XXX</data2>
></data>
>

>
>Can you give me some help on how to write a schema to deal with this? I'd prefer to do the whole job in VFP if I can.
>
>Thanks for your tip.