XML Header - Special Characters

"file_id='"+BatchLogTable.fileid+"' file_total_amount='"+num2str(myView.AmountCur,0,2,1,0)+"' file_tran_count='"+num2str(myView.RecId,0,0,1,0)+"'";

//concatenate <BATCH> line in XML

batchStr =

"batch_id='"+currDateStr+"'cust_nbr='"+dialogCustNum.value()+"'merch_nbr='"+dialogMerchNum.value()+"'dba_nbr='"+dialogDBANum.value()+"'terminal_nbr='"+dialogTermNum.value()+"'batch_total_amount='"+num2str(myView.AmountCur,0,2,1,0)+"'batch_tran_count='"+num2str(myView.RecId,0,0,1,0)+"'";

//start creation of XML

doc = XmlDocument::newBlank();

);

doc.appendChild(nodeFile);

nodeBatch = doc.createElement(batchStr);

nodeFile.appendChild(nodeBatch);

Everything after this works, so I didn't include it. If I remove the single quotes and equal signs from the fileStr and batchStr values, I don't get the error, but I need those so they can be read on the other end.

Any ideas?

thanks!