ok, after modifying the SoapAction to the correct name, i get the xml back of the data table, but the xml doesn't contain the schema,just the data i think, so i get an error trying to get the data table to read the xml.
ok i modified the posted code above; i create a dataset on the fly, have it read the xml, and then grab the first table in it as the datatable i need to fiddle with.
the above is now working 100%.
enjoy!
Lowell