Hi, i have write some SW on Cygwin/Win98 and use it on W2k. When i get an xml with: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> . . . . <Meldung_Grund_Beginn><UE-ENCODED-ENDODED-IN-UTF>bernahme aus GSG</Meldung_Grund_Beginn> . . . Expat stop parsing and write: 'unclosed token at line xxx' which is clear because he don't see the closed token. how can i fix this? Thanx for your help. al ;-)