while doing so, how can code it in xsl to generate a html file witn a
link as below if item node has a value of "test"

<td><a href="o:\test.pdf"><xsl:value-of select="item"/></a></td>

  <td>
    <a href="o:\{item}.pdf"><xsl:value-of select="item"/></a>
  </td>

	Martin Honnen
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