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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I am wanting to write out text into an xml file. The text may contain special characters like & / < etc and I need to protect them.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can anyone tell me the name of a function that will do this easily.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ta</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Steven</FONT>
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