thanks,
It may be time to upgrade. I'll try Gemma-the-husky's idea first, though. The days of our Department being on access are numbered, anyway. I would just allow the user to export using the menu commands, but I always feel scared allowing users to see anything other than the switchboard, reports, and forms.
now, I just realized that I don't know anything about schemas and getting XML exported files in a certin format. I hunted on the forum, but could not find any good tutorial on getting started. Does anyone know of the top of their head the definitive "exporting XML from Access for dummies" Thread or tutorial?