Morning Ralf OK, just installed your DIxml and am getting the following error with XE2 running lesson 1. [DCC Error] sysutils.pas(845): E2267 Previous declaration of 'IdentToColor' was not marked with the 'overload' directive [DCC Error] sysutils.pas(900): E2010 Incompatible types: 'PWideChar' and 'PAnsiChar' [DCC Error] sysutils.pas(2076): E2010 Incompatible types: 'PAnsiChar' and 'PWideChar' [DCC Error] sysutils.pas(155): E2065 Unsatisfied forward or external declaration: 'IdentToColor' [DCC Fatal Error] DIXml_Tutorial_1_Keyword.dpr(498): F2063 Could not compile used unit 'SysUtils.pas' Don't think it's me this time, all paths checked. Kind regards Jon