bjoern-

i'm more concerned about the indentation.  i want this:

Function Test() As String
    'code here
End Function

with <PRE> i get:

                Function Test() As String
                    'code here
                End Function

my xml document is indented and the <PRE> tag is preserving that.  i want to
left align some of the text, while preserving the indenting in other areas.

thanks,

craig

"Bjoern Hoehrmann" <bjoern@h...> wrote in message
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> * Craig Buchanan wrote in microsoft.public.xml:
> >I am embedding code in my XML document and would like to retain its
format.
> >While i can use the <PRE> tag, i don't like its formatting.  What i
really
> >want to do is retain the carriage returns and line feeds that are in the
XML
> >file, but only in certain <template/> areas.
>
> XML per se retains all such white-space characters, I gather you convert
> the document to HTML or XHTML (otherwise <pre> would have no effect), so
> you are looking for a HTML-way of keeping those spaces. The best way to
> do that would be <pre> in most cases. You don't like the formatting? No
> problem, you can change it using style sheets, for example,
>
>   <xsl:template ...>
>     <pre style="color: red">
>     ...
>     </pre>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> This would cause the color of the text to be red. To learn more about
> style sheets, have a look at http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/learning to
> find a good tutorial.
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