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White space - preserving white space within element data using MSXML3
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- Subject: [xsl] White space - preserving white space within element data using MSXML3
- From: Brand_Niemann at tax dot org
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 12:58:32 -0500
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There has been quite a bit of discussion already on preserving white space from
an xml document to a xsl processed document.
I interested in preserving white space and not line spacing as in the following:
<example> Here is some text with white space </example>
An obvious recommendation is to use  
<example>  Here is some text with white space  </example>
A recommendation has also been to use <xsl:preseve-space elements = "*"/>.
With MSXML3, I don't seem to get the results I am expecting. I don't get any
results at all. I'm expecting that the white space will be preserved in the
rendered document. Instead the white-space is removed (default behavior). I
have a Microsoft sample CD that was distributed at XML 2000 that documents
<xsl:preserve-space> and <xsl:strip-space> with a limited a example. Has anyone
successfully used <xsl:preserve-space> with MSXML3?
I've also seen a sample where preserve space is used as an attribute, I can't
remember the exact syntax. Something like:
<example space="preserve">. I'm not sure if this is a possibility with MSXML3.
Any recommendations? Do I need to stick with   to preserve white space?
Thanks
Brand Niemann
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