> > 
> > But if you do
> > 
> > <xsl:variable name="this-and-preceding-siblings">
> >    <xsl:copy-of select=".|preceding-sibling::node()"/>
> > </xsl:variable>
> > <xsl:value-of
select="string-length($this-and-preceding-siblings)"/>
> > 
> > you may get better results.
> > 
> No you won't. string-length() works on the first node in the supplied
> node-set.

Hi Mike and Wendell,

Both answers are not completely correct:

 -- Wendell's because he hasn't converted the RTF into a node-set
    before applying the string-length() function on it.

 -- Mike's, because the variable contains not a (flat) node-set, but a
whole tree.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

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