Re:

well the first thing I would do is find the reason why it didn't load by
using this code:

if bRet = false then
	msgbox objInXmlDoc.parseError.reason & " on line " &
objInXmlDoc.parseError.line
end if

At 04:03 AM 2/6/02 +0000, you wrote:
>I have broken my head enough...can anybody help?
>
>My xml file looks like this .....
>
>BatchRecon.xml
>
><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
><!DOCTYPE BatchRecon SYSTEM "BatchRecon.dtd">
><BatchRecon DocumentId="6">
><OrderData>
>--------data -----------
></OrderData>
></BatchRecon>
>
>When I try to load it using MSXML.DOMDOCUMENT object
>it fails to load the document. I am using following
>vb(6.0)code to load the document.    
>
>Set objInXmlDoc = New MSXML2.DOMDocument
>bRet = objInXmlDoc.Load(BatchRecon.xml)
>
>But as soon as the   <!DOCTYPE element is removed, it
>loads properly... am using MSXML 3.0.....and believe
>that MSXML 3.0 does support <!DOCTYPE... element. 
>
>I have made sure that the dtd exists, path is correct
>and it is valid...since it validates the xml doc with
>no errors in xml spy...
>
>I was trying xsl tranfromation with  <xsl:output
>doctype-system="abc.dtd">, which did not work due to
>the above root problem... 
>
>Thanks
>Anjali
>
>
>
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