i am looking for information about XMAPAppendRec beyond what is published in the BASIC Extensions Version 11.3.3 document. Specifically, I am seeking details on why the serialized output to XML omits elements when the corresponding field value in the data base is empty. I am also curious about the function appearing to only process attribute 7 of dict items instead of processing attribute 8 for correlatives and attribute 7 for conversions. If I could just "look at" the source code for the function all my questions would be answered.