It must be UTF-8 encoded iirc


loXMLAdapter = CREATEOBJECT("XMLAdapter")
loXMLAdapter.UTF8Encoded = .t.


I've never used the filestream method though. I used to pass XMLAdapters to a .NET web service using SOAP so my milages may be different

Rick Strahl has some excellent pages on the subject of using the XMLAdapter with .NET

http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/foxpronetwebservices/foxpronetwebservices.asp

was my bible for a good week or so, but this is more towards the SOAP side of things

hope this helps

Tim