Ok, I gave up on the serialisation of classes, and went for the XmlTextWriter approach - gave me a bit more control.
But there's one thing I can't seem to do - and that's set the first line to be: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> I can only get the "<?xml version="1.0"?>" portion to come out, or with the Standalone property as well. Any suggestions on where to look? Cheers, Dino --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.