The "&" character has a special meaning in XML and always has to be escaped to "&". http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-chardata
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Bar> <Item name="File" text="File"> <Item name="Open" text="O&pen"> <Item name="ASC" text="ASC" type="RADIO"/> <Item name="BIN" text="BIN" type="RADIO"/> </Item> <!--Item name="Exit" text="Exit" type="SEPARATOR"/ --> <Item name="Exit" text="Exit" accelerator="CTRL+X"/> </Item> <Item name="Help" text="Help"> <Item name="About" text="About..."/> </Item> </Bar> Regards, Edwin -- http://www.edankert.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list dom4j-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user