thanks for the reply.

> 1. Where have you found info indicating that ScriptControl.ExecuteStatement
> is running asynchronously?
you are right. it runs synchronously. i as under the illusion that it
was run asynchronously because of the small time it took to create the
xml from a 3000 records table.

> [BTW, why not run that code directly in xHarbour?]
that was my first choice with adordd. The export to xml was a
workaround for a problem i was having with some tables.
i has testing harbour, but their ole implementation is broken. I was
getting unknow ole errors. The same come without any modifications
runs fine in xharbour.

Thank´s
Nelson