ok..Gail, really, thanks..

but, the restriction that all xml output should go to a single file is really not that important because even if I create many files, I could write a .bat file that combines them into a single file.

Where I see the problem is that the user has to click on the results to open the xml tab.

Is there a SS Managment Studio (workbench) feature that would let me save the output automatically?

Thanks, again...

Ben Lopez