Thanks Martin,

given that I have to use some script, I have come up with a solution.
Just in case anyone cares, here it is...
(note: I have left out some of the formatting to reduce the size of the
post so I cannot say that this will work as-is)

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
      xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
      xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" version="1.0">


<xsl:template match='/'>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>


<xsl:template match="root" >
<xsl:param name="pagenumber" select="1" />

<table>
  <xsl:call-template name="pager">
     <xsl:with-param name="element" select="'Property'" />
     <xsl:with-param name="pagenumber" select="$pagenumber" />
  </xsl:call-template>

  <xsl:apply-templates select="Property" />
</table>


</xsl:template>


<xsl:template match="Property">
<tr>
  <td>Property Code:</td>
  <td><input type="text">
       <xsl:attribute name="value">
         <xsl:value-of select="@vCode"/>
       </xsl:attribute>
      </input>
  </td>
  <td>Property Name:</td>
  <td><input type="text">
       <xsl:attribute name="value">
         <xsl:value-of select="@vTIN"/>
       </xsl:attribute>
      </input>
   </td>
</tr>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="pager">
	<xsl:param name="element" />
	<xsl:param name="pagenumber" />

	<xsl:variable name="total" select="count(*[name() = $element])" />
	<tr><td>
	<xsl:text>Property: </xsl:text><xsl:number value="$pagenumber"
/><xsl:text>
               of </xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="$total" />
	</td>
	<td>
	<xsl:choose>
	<xsl:when test="$pagenumber = 1">
		<xsl:text>Prev | </xsl:text>
		<a href="JavaScript:changePage({$pagenumber +1});">Next</a>
	</xsl:when>
	<xsl:when test="$pagenumber = $total">
		<a href="JavaScript:changePage({$pagenumber -1});">Prev</a>
		<xsl:text> | Next</xsl:text>
	</xsl:when>
	<xsl:otherwise>
		<a href="JavaScript:changePage({$pagenumber -1});">Prev</a>
		<xsl:text> | </xsl:text>
		<a href="JavaScript:changePage({$pagenumber +1});">Next</a>
	</xsl:otherwise>
	</xsl:choose>

	</td></tr>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


and the javascript:

function changePage(number){
//note that thexml (XML Doc) and calxsl (XSL) were already defined in
my ASP page

	var nodes = calxsl.selectNodes("xsl:stylesheet/xsl:template");
	for ( i=0; i < nodes.length; i++ )
	{
		currNode = nodes[i];

		if( currNode.getAttribute("match") == 'root')
		{
                        //set the default param value to the new number
			thenode = currNode.selectSingleNode("xsl:param");
			thenode.setAttribute("select",number);
			break;
		}
	}

	//xsldest is a DIV element object in my ASP page
	xsldest.innerHTML = thexml.transformNode(calxsl.documentElement);
}