We use simple http requests to transfer data from the server to our special client (built with visual c++) for example: http://www.imvamp.com/action/register.cfm?username=david&password=123456 that will return this: OK or NO as a web page (html) the visual c++ client knows what to do on his side with every answer parsed. where this has served us very well in the past year, our information that is sent BACK to the client has turned very complexed and caused problems with special signs and characters. I'm searching for a diffrent way to pass information in and from the visual c++ client to the server. I've taught about WDDX has being the best option with CF but I was worrying to relay on that technology (lack of support, sdk from 98', etc.) - is it possible and advicable to useother XML generator/parser to help me in my client/server tasks? which are best from CF gallery? any help would be great! Michael. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists