Set xmlDoc=CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM") xmlDoc.async="false" xmlDoc.load("ApacheManager.xml") Set result = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//item[@id=""start""]") For Each item in result if ( strAction = "start") then item.setAttribute "checked", "true" item.setAttribute "enabled", "false" else item.setAttribute "checked", "false" item.setAttribute "enabled", "true" end if Next Set result = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//item[@id=""stop""]") For Each item in result if ( strAction = "start") then item.setAttribute "checked", "false" item.setAttribute "enabled", "true" else item.setAttribute "checked", "true" item.setAttribute "enabled", "false" end if Next xmlDoc.save("ApacheManager.xml")