Thanks for the info.  It's really helpful.  Now I just have to study XSLT. :)
One more question,  performance-wise is it faster with XSLT than recreating 
the nodes?

"Joe Fawcett" wrote:

> You can't directly. You will have to recreate the nodes in the new document 
> based on the local name of the elements, the new namespace and any text node 
> values etc.
> This sort of problem is usually solved more easily by XSLT, especially if 
> you can use version 2.0 which has better namespace handling options.
> 
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> 
> Joe Fawcett -  XML MVP
> 
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> "K Lao" <KLao@d...> wrote in message 
> news:32F1DD6C-C37C-4C81-BEED-5C7004D3D032@m......
> >I am using IXMLDOMDocument3's importNode() and appendchild() to copy a node
> > from one XML document to another.  However, the node being copied (deep 
> > copy)
> > still uses the namespace prefixes of the source doc.  How do I make the 
> > node
> > copied to the dest doc use the dest doc's namespace prefixes?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > Source XML:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <psf:PrintTicket
> > xmlns:psf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2003/08/printing/printschemaframework"
> > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1"
> > xmlns:ns0000="http://schemas.something.com"
> > xmlns:psk="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2003/08/printing/printschemakeywords">
> > <psf:Feature name="psk:JobOutputBin">
> >  <psf:Option name="ns0000:DestPrinterDefault"/>
> > </psf:Feature>
> > </psf:PrintTicket>
> >
> > Destination:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <psf:PrintTicket
> > xmlns:psf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2003/08/printing/printschemaframework"
> > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1"
> > xmlns:ns0000="http://schemas.something.com"
> > xmlns:kxd000="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2003/08/printing/printschemakeywords">
> > </psf:PrintTicket>
> >
> > Note that the namespace prefix psk in Source XML is now kxd000 in the Dest 
> > XML
> >
> > Result I am getting:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <psf:PrintTicket
> > xmlns:psf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2003/08/printing/printschemaframework"
> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1"
> > xmlns:ns0000="http://schemas.something.com"
> > xmlns:kxd000="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2003/08/printing/printschemakeywords">
> > <psf:Feature name="psk:JobOutputBin">
> >  <psf:Option name="ns0000:DestPrinterDefault"/>
> > </psf:Feature>
> > </psf:PrintTicket>
> >
> > The namespace prefixes are not resolved.
> >
> > What can I do to fix this? 
> 
> 
>