Try

> xmlhttp.send (xmldoc)

instead of,

> xmlhttp.send (xmldoc.xml)

Now in server part, it should receive the xml as stream. e.g., 
xmldoc.load(request) or xmldoc.load(request.inputStream).
Generally sending xml as string(i.e., xmldoc.xml) is not recommanded.

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"David Heffler" <DavidHeffler@d...> wrote in message 
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>I am trying to post and XML doc using ISO-8859-1 encoding.   My program is 
>as
> follows:
> Dim request As String
> Dim xmldoc As New MSXML2.DOMDocument40
> Dim response As New MSXML2.DOMDocument40
> xmldoc.Load ("c:\uss\uss4.0\ups\licrequest.xml")
> Dim xmlhttp As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP40
> xmlhttp.open "POST", "https://www.ups.com/ups.app/xml/License", False
> xmlhttp.setRequestHeader "Content-type", "text/xml;charset=ISO-8859-1;"
> xmlhttp.send (xmldoc.xml)
> request = xmlhttp.responseText
>
> In the xml document I have coded entries for the acute accent (é).   I am
> using é  The server is responding with an error and their tech support is
> stating that my document is sending <c3><a9> instead of <e9>.  They have
> tested my document at their offices and stated it is properly formatted, 
> but
> the visual basic method I am using is filtering the doc improperly.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Dave