> <xsl:if test="[@lapp_application_amount > 10000]">

You don't say which XSL processor you are using, but you almost
certainly want to lose the square brackets.

It should work to say, e.g.:

  <xsl:if test="@lapp_application_amount > 10000">

 Steve


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