I have seen this several times. Sometimes you jst have to type in the name of the server.

Use string a = Text1.text Best regards Anders

Try using DocumentFragment .."The DocumentFragment object can represent a fragment of a document or portion of a document's tree. This makes it useful when implementing end user commands that allow users to rearrange a document, such as cutting and pasting.".. See details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk/htm/xml_obj_ixmldomdocumentfragment_0zxw.asp[^] Best regards Anders Munk