Use the Open method with the name of your file:
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rs.Open "titles.sav",,,,adCmdFile
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You should be aware that if you use this to create your file:
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rs.save s, adPersistXML
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that ADO will not add fields to the XML that have <null> values. (huge bug!)
Chip H.