> It seems to me that XSLT does not handle characters with
> reference less
> than 0020(hex).

Actually, it's XML that doesn't handle them.

> I need to output some special characters (all < x0020) for a legacy
> system which uses these special characters to format messages
> to be sent through a socket connection.
>

I suggest outputting a processing instruction such as <?char x1f?> and
writing your own ContentHandler to do the final serialization.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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