At 10:08 AM 1/21/2002, Tab Alleman wrote: >the xml document is from a 3rd party URL.. when I paste the URL into my >browser, I'm seeing the xml response returned, so the object is some how >choking. Upgrade to the latest version of the XML Object. The one that came with win2K is broken when dealing with DTDs. The short fix is to grab the URL by another means and hacking out the DTD reference. Watch for URL wrap http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/766/msdncompositedoc.xml ---- Anthony Baratta President Keyboard Jockeys "Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative."