Re: [xsl] MSXML / NBSP problem and resolution

["Michael H. Semcheski" <mhs-list@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > Question:  Should you get the UTF-16 meta-tag if you explicitly define 
> > the charset in the output method to ISO-8859-1?
> >    
>
> yes. If the output is in utf16 (which it often is with msxml whatever
> you request in xsl:output.
>
> this is why the XSLt spec specifies that the system add the meta 
> element: the  stylesheet author can not do this accurately as (s)he has
> no direct control over the acyual encoding in teh output, xsl:output is
> just a hint.
>  

If the output is UTF-16, and the only way to change this is with 
Response.Charset (lets consider this inelegant, more of a bandaid than a 
solution), maybe the correct approach is a bit off the beaten path.  

The whole discussion started as a way to correctly render a page in a 
browser encoded as UTF-16 in a browser.  A certain character 
(non-breaking space) was needed to get the page rendered correctly when 
encoded in ISO-8859-1.  Is there a similar UTF-16 character anyone knows 
of?  


M


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