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Hi Jeni, I’ve having a bit of a problem and don’t know if its xsl or VS.Net. I’m running a transform in .NET 2.0 and basically processing all elements and if it is a ‘special’ element I do something but if it is a ‘word element’ I basically just try to replicate it, but I can’t use a xsl:copy-of because I need to process its sub elements to see if there are any special elements. Anyway, when I come across something like this when I’ve pasted a big blob of WordML..

Hi Jeni, I’ve having a bit of a problem and don’t know if its xsl or VS.Net. I’m running a transform in .NET 2.0 and basically processing all elements and if it is a ‘special’ element I do something but if it is a ‘word element’ I basically just try to replicate it, but I can’t use a xsl:copy-of because I need to process its sub elements to see if there are any special elements. Anyway, when I come across something like this when I’ve pasted a big blob of WordML..

<w:t> </w:t>

I am using basically templates like this:

<xsl:template match=”” mode=”replace-merge-fields”> <xsl:element name=”{name()}”> <xsl:apply-templates select=”@ | node()” mode=”replace-merge-fields”/> </xsl:element> </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match=”@*” mode=”replace-merge-fields”> <xsl:attribute name=”{name()}”><xsl:value-of select=”.”/></xsl:attribute> </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match=”text()” mode=”replace-merge-fields”> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test=”.=’«DBACC»’”> <xsl:text>TerryAney:DBACC</xsl:text> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select=”.”/></xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template>

The problem is for that <w:t> </w:t> that would have put a space between some words is now converted to <w:t /> and I lose the space. Is this something that is .NET specific or xsl specific?

Any suggestions on how to preserve the actual open and close element would be greatly appreciated.