the variable define like this:
<xsl:variable name="myCounter" select="count(/root/Category  
[@Type=18]/Child)"/>

and later in the xsl i m doing this kind of loop 
<xsl:for-each select="(Category)[(@Type='18')]">
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
      <xsl:call-template name="Child1">
                <!-- please note that i added the number() function which solve me the  
                       problem which i didn't have in VB6 -->
	<xsl:with-param name="myCounter" 
                                         select="number(($myCounter))*2"/>
      </xsl:call-template>
</TR>			
</xsl:for-each>

 
Best Regards,

T :-)

"Chris Barber" wrote:

> Post your XML (truncate to make it smaller if necessary) and XSL that shows this issue and I'll have
> a look using Xselerator to see exactly what the variable / param contains - might point to a reason
> for this.
> 
> Chris.
> 
> "Chris Barber" <chris@b...> wrote in message
> news:uG7DxS2dEHA.996@T......
> Is the variable a nodelist containing more than one element?
> The number() function will then transform the first element value to a number thus allowing the
> calculation?
> 
> Chris.
> 
> "tiraman" <tiraman@d...> wrote in message
> news:E749BBFF-DF24-4E1F-90DA-615FD8841385@m......
> hi,
> you are right ! now it is working but as i wrote above it is wierd since
> 
> it is working to me ok when i m doing transformation with vb6 but with
> 
> vb .NET i have the problem if i m not using this function :-(
> 
> so 1st thanks !
> 
> 2nd if you have any idea why this happen i would like to know.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> T :-)
> 
> 
> "Chris Barber" wrote:
> 
> > You should probably ensure that the variable really is a number before attempting to use it in a
> > calculation:
> >
> > <xsl:with-param name="myCounter" select="number(($myCounter))*2"/>
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > "tiraman" <tiraman@d...> wrote in message
> > news:F0F1F6D7-56EC-49C9-A3EA-A82E87212E6E@m......
> > Hi,
> >
> > i have a problem to load xsl files which holds code like this:
> >
> >       <xsl:with-param name="myCounter" select="($myCounter)*2"/>
> >
> > but when i m removing the *2 every thing ok
> >
> >       <xsl:with-param name="myCounter" select="($myCounter)"/>
> >
> > Please note that this is working ok from VB6 using the
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > T :-)
> >
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