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Re: [xsl] Incrementing a page number with xsl-fo

2010-01-07 15:51:07
2010-01-07 16:34 -0500, Flanders, Charles E (US SSA) wrote:
I need to create a page number in a footer when the work package ends with a odd number that looks something like this:

0001-5/6 blank

How can I generate the "6" onto page 5? Page 6 is blank and doesn't actually exist so I can't seem to reference it with <fo:page-number-citation>.

Is there somewhate I can take the current page number and just add 1 to it?

This is a common request in the classroom from users trying to meet their requirements, and it just isn't available in XSL-FO 1.1.

You cannot do any arithmetic with the page number, nor inspect it, nor do anything else other than present it.

When a customer of mine asked me for the same thing, the best I could suggest is:

  0001-5/next blank

... and that satisfied them since it was a requirement to acknowledge the blank page existed but not as much a requirement that it actually be numbered.

Just use a dedicated region for odd pages that are the last in the page sequence.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken


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