Thank you! I modified my application according to samples on xalan page and
now it works ok.

regards
Kaarle


> saxon requires namespaces like this <xsl:template match="xls:Workbook">

that is correct as your source elements are in this namespace.

> and xalan requires that namespaces are removed from the stylesheet
> like this: <xsl:template match="Worksheet">

That would be wrong but it's hard to believe xalan really gets such core
functionality wrong. Are you sure you have the latest version?

David