>       <!-- added by me -->
>       <xsl:value-of select="$start_tag" /><xsl:value-of select="$string"
> /><xsl:value-of select="$end_tag" />

try using the <xsl:element/> tag to generate your elements.... u wont be
able to put xml in attribute values

cheers, jim fuller


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