> Now, I'm not exactly experienced when it comes to XPath. I tried the 
> following, but as I already expected ;) , it didn't work.
> 
>  <xsl:if 
> test="contains(ancestor::following-sibling::child::node(),'X')">
> 
You're guessing, and guessing syntax leans to some strange expressions!

Try something like

<xsl:if test="ancestor::*/following-sibling::*/child::*[.='X']">

Mike Kay 


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