[xsl] $any$ in MSXML

["John C Cartwright" <John.C.Cartwright@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

I'm converting an old MSXML stylesheet and am looking for suggestions on 
replacing constructs like the following:

 <xsl:if test="metadata/spref[$any$ .//* != '']">

So far, I've just been removing the "$any$" and although it seems to 
work OK, I'm a little uncomfortable with that approach since I can't 
seem to find documentation on exactly what that is supposed to represent.

Can anyone explain this, suggest a better replacement, or point me to 
documentation that does?

Thanks!

-- john

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John Cartwright
Associate Scientist
Geospatial Data Services Group
CIRES, National Geophysical Data Center/NOAA
(303) 497-6284
John.C.Cartwright@xxxxxxxx
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