Hellstern, Manny wrote:
> For simplification, I'm now trying this:
> 
>  	<INTROMSG>
>  		Please click on the <img id="imgAlert"
> src="http://aaa/images/pic.gif" />  in order to continue.
>  	</INTROMSG>
> 
> and in XSL I'm doing this:
> 
> <p id="pInstructions"><xsl:value-of select="//INTROMSG"></p>
> 
> but my result is still:
> 
> 	Please click on the in order to continue.
> 
> however, if I change my XSL to:
> 
> 	<p id="pInstructions">Please click on the <img id="imgAlert"
> src="http://aaa/images/pic.gif" />  in order to continue.</p>
> 
> it works.
> 
> What am I missing?

Use xsl:copy-of instead of xsl:value-of.

xsl:value-of means: Create a text node in the result tree. The text in it 
should be what XPath calls the "string-value" of the object identified by the 
XPath expression in the xsl:value-of's "select" attribute.

//INTROMSG identifies a node-set object consisting of every INTROMSG element 
in the document (and perhaps you want to change this to something more 
specific). The string-value of a node-set is the string-value of the first 
node in that set. The string-value of a node is the concatenation of all its 
descendant text nodes; nothing else. The 'img' element child of the 'INTROMSG' 
is not text; it's an empty element.

xsl:copy-of is usually only used with XPath expressions identifying 
node-sets, and it means: Create in the result tree an identical copy of the 
identified nodes and their descendants.

   - Mike
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