RE: FW: Xslt that worked for fop0.20.2 no longer works

> Can you tell me how I can compare the previous 
> value in a for-each loop with the current value

If the nodes you are iterating over happen to be siblings, you can use
preceding-sibling::*[1].

In other cases, try

<xsl:variable name="nodes" select="(the node set)"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$nodes">
  <xsl:variable name="p" select="position()"/>
  then refer to $nodes[$p - 1]

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