ms uses the ado26::Command in its msdn examples to retrieve XML streams, in
one or more examples.

in these examples, they set item properties, like the following lines
illustrate, on the ADO Command object :

pCommand->Properties->Item[L"Base Path"]->put_Value();
pCommand->Properties->Item[L"Output Stream"]->put_Value();
pCommand->Properties->Item[L"XSL"]->put_Value();
pCommand->Properties->Item[L"Mapping Schema"]->put_Value();
pCommand->Properties->Item[L"Output Stream"]->put_Value();

i am having a hard time finding documentation on these items that are
available and others that may be.

is there documentation out there?  if so, where?

thx!