Hi Daniel, Thank you for deciphering the error messages for me. I hope someone else on the list responds, because I am still puzzled as to why the software stopped building the association file. Do you know what is in line 238 of eadsgml.dcl that might have caused it? If not, do you know where I might get the answer? Microsoft? Many thanks for your help. Best wishes, Karen Karen Rege, Associate Librarian Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera The Winterthur Museum Library Winterthur, DE 19735 302.888.4733 [log in to unmask]