Thanks Mona,

I had tried your suggestion of

<WebMethod()> _
<return: XmlElement("WeblogEntry")> _
Public Function AddEntry(ByVal newEntry As NewWeblogEntry) As
ConfirmedWeblogEntry
End Function

but the '<' sign before "return" then gives the following intellisense error

"Attribute specifier is not a complete statement. Use a line continuation to
apply the attribute to the following statement."

I have also tried..

<WebMethod(),return: XmlElement("WeblogEntry")> _
   Public Function AddEntry(ByVal newEntry As NewWeblogEntry) As
ConfirmedWeblogEntry
   End Function

but then 'return' has an intelisense error of "Keyword is not valid as an
identifier"

I have googled like a madman, but cannot find any documentation on using
"return" as a method attribute...
though it obviously works... because the c# project is excellent

thanks heaps for your help.

Any other suggestions ? Anyone ?