To guarantee UTF-8 output (assuming the processor is writing directly out to the file rather than producing a SAX or DOM output which other code then writes out), specify the encoding in the stylesheet's <xsl:output> directive.
Though I'd be sorta surprised if UTF-8 isn't the default... ______________________________________ "... Three things see no end: A loop with exit code done wrong, A semaphore untested, And the change that comes along. ..." -- "Threes" Rev 1.1 - Duane Elms / Leslie Fish ( http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/threes-rev-11.html)