hi, xml-rpc is a protocol that is used to talk over network to a server. I put a small python script (using pyext) and a testpatch online at http://www.parasitaere-kapazitaeten.net/pd/xml-rpc after I finished my script I found out that there is already an object that does xml-rpc ("iemxmlrpc"). iem used it for the iArs project, but I did not find the object? I am planning to use it as a protocol to talk to a database server. (sounds boring, no?) marius.