try
    {

        var readscoreContents;  

      var xmlfilename = Titanium.Filesystem.getResourcesDirectory() + "database.xml";
       var readscoreFile = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.getResourcesDirectory(), "database.xml");  
        var fs = Titanium.Filesystem.getFileStream(readscoreFile);

       if (readscoreFile.exists())
       {  
        //readscoreFile.open(Titanium.Filesystem.MODE_WRITE, true);


                fs.open(Titanium.Filesystem.MODE_WRITE);


          readscoreContents = fs.read();  
       }

    var xmlscoreDoc;
    var xmlscoreString =readscoreContents.toString();

     if (document.implementation.createDocument) {
          var sparser = new DOMParser();
          xmlscoreDoc = sparser.parseFromString(xmlscoreString, "text/xml");

      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
          xmlscoreDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
          xmlscoreDoc.async="false";
          xmlscoreDoc.loadXML(xmlscoreString);
      }

    var root = xmlscoreDoc.getElementsByTagName('score');
    var root2 = xmlscoreDoc.getElementsByTagName("scores")[0];    


    var  newel=xmlscoreDoc.createElement("score");
    root2.appendChild(newel);


    fs.write(xmlscoreDoc);


    //xmlscoreDoc.Save(Titanium.Filesystem.getResourcesDirectory()+"/database.xml");
      //root.length

      //Titanium.API.info(root[0].getAttribute('flag'));



         //Titanium.API.info(root[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue);  

    }
    catch(e)
    {
        Titanium.API.info(e);

    }