As far as the language is concerned, xsl:message is the right mechanism, but
a lot depends on how it is implemented in your particular product. There may
well be product configuration options that allow you to control where
xsl:message output is sent and how it is formatted.

Michael Kay 
http://www.saxonica.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Marent [mailto:frank.marent@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 21 September 2006 12:28
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  writing error file
> 
> hello.
> 
> is there a simple way in xslt to append warnings and error 
> messages to an (xml) error file? error file name should 
> variable (current xml file name). the command xsl:message 
> seems only to *display* messages during execution on the 
> screen. but we would like to append messages to an (xml) file.
> 
> may the only way to use xsl:result-document or xsl:document for that?
> 
> regards
> frank