Hello, Sorry for newbie question. 1) Probably the easiest way to access elements in an XML doc/file is to build a tree. What API does this? DOM? SOAP? 2) Can I build a tree for a well-formed (not necessarily validated) XML doc?? My guess is yes, i.e. it doesn't have to be a valid doc Thnaks, Bill Halchin _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com