we are trying to compare 2 xml's and by using the compare function we get the element paths of the different elements. However, we have to get the text data that was in each of the elements, in order to manipulate this data. Is there any direct way to get that through the '$from_doc-{$element}' object, such as done for '$from_doc-{$element}-{TextChecksum}' ?? Your answer is highly appriciated. Thanks, Sharon.