RigasMinho wrote:
[snip]
> Using this works -
>  <a href="http://example.com/">Example link</a>
> but if i have a really long link - it gives me an error of:
> "A semi colon character was expected"

It's nothing to do with length (despite what the spam says :-)
It's XML, so it must be well-formed.
You have one or more raw &s in your URL. They must be given as &amp;

> Is there a way to put in a really long link into XSL for users to
> click on?

The example Martin has already given has no length limit.

> I also thought about using this line:
> <input type="button" value="Close Window"
> onclick="javascript:window.close()" />
> 
> but wouldnt know how to make it link to a new url.

That's a different question. You could include a JS function in a script 
element in your head element which invokes the open-window
function. Then reference that in any onclick attributes.

But what you suggest is very poor UI design. If the button says "Close 
Window" the the user will expect exactly that and no more. Making it 
close the window and then open another unexpectedly is A Bad Idea.

///Peter
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