> Say is anyone aware of a Windows app that will allow me to > convert an XML formatted file containing basically data > fields to a fixed-field formatted file that I can map to an > existing process that reads the file on the 3000? http://www.unidex.com/xflat.htm Write your own in Java on the 3000: http://www.saxproject.org/ Demo in Java: http://www.tomorrowslearning.com/codeSection.aspx?csID=12 Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/techinfo/FAQ.asp $$$! or http://www.microsoft.com/Office/developer/platform/xmlexcel.asp http://www.omnimark.com/home/home.html And check out www.robelle.com. They added some XML processing to STExport Finally, the 'XML way' to do it is using XSLT - beware of learning curve: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTreference/Output/index.html http://saxon.sourceforge.net/ Hope that helps, Mark Wonsil _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *