• I think you're correct on my errors in the article. Thanks for the input. I'm not sure if Steve will let me do an update, but I'll check.

    I suspect it's the XML. Every time I've had a problem, that's been where it resided. One other issue, the code I wrote was against the CTP6 version of the software. Several small things changed with the release, especially some of the formatting for the XML file. Check the online documentation to verify what you have is the latest format.

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