Jeb Boniakowski writes:

"Also, I keep coming across vague references to the fact that MSXSL.exe v3
is perhaps not the ideal way of transforming my xml docs.  Given that I'm on
windows, is there a better tool to use?"



You might want to try Saxon.net if you are doing VB.net development (or C#
for that matter)

http://www.x2x2x.org/x2x2x/home/

The elusive 'ideal way' is really up to you and other constraints (budget,
platform, etc)

Saxon.Net is a good 'free' XSLT 2 parser for the Microsoft Dot net platform.

Good luck,
Jim Neff