hello is there a way to transform a DOM Tree into a Python string ??? identation is not necessary. I just want to send the DOM Tree over a socket. Markus -- Markus Jais Software Developer GMX Aktiengesellschaft Riesstraße 17, 80992 München Phone: +49 89 14 339-514 mailto:mjais@gmx-gmbh.de http://www.gmx.de