Thanks - great entry for my notebook!

>Designing a project for data collection out in the field where numerous forms are required based on provider disciplines etc. Since there is multitude of different types of data collection forms, we are simply storing previous responses in XML in memo fields. As FormA inits, it builds and adds controls on the fly based on collection form specs. Also a cursor is created as each control is added with the resulting field being the control source for that control. FormB is called to provide the user with a simple detailed report of all answered responses. Since there are no underlying tables, the cursor that is used for control source for each control must be passed to FormB, hence the XML.
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>>Just curious why your project is using XML as the data carrier.