ok i did it and i the output was this. INFO:Open of 'c:\shapefiles\oikismoi_irakliou.shp' using driver 'ESRI Shapefile' successful 1:oikismoi_irakliou <Point> -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Error-in-creating-gml-file-tp4669016p4669302.html Sent from the GDAL - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.