O.K.  Maybe I don't understand the xsl as well as I think.

Every xsl report I've written, and we are talking a good 50, all use 
<xsl:param name="cr-lf">
</xsl:param>.  I have use that method with MSXML, .Net using XslTransform 
and SAXON. 

How is that different than <xsl:param name="cr-lf" select="
"/>

What does this return for you?

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
version="1.0">
   <xsl:output method="text"/>
  <xsl:param name="cr-lf">
</xsl:param>
   <xsl:template match="/">
     <xsl:text>Line 1</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="$cr-lf"/>
     <xsl:text>Line 2</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

-- 
kevin...


"Martin Honnen" wrote:

> kevin wrote:
> 
> > Have you tried running that from within vs2005 using the XML - Show XSLT 
> > Output menu option or with msxsl.exe?  Do you get line breaks and how?
> 
> With VS 2005 I tried my suggestion (i.e.
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
> version="1.0">
>    <xsl:output method="text"/>
>    <xsl:param name="cr-lf" select="'
'"/>
>    <xsl:template match="/">
>      <xsl:text>Line 1</xsl:text>
>      <xsl:value-of select="$cr-lf"/>
>      <xsl:text>Line 2</xsl:text>
>    </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> ) and the show output then shows
> 
> Line 1
> Line 2
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 	Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> 	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
>