Re: problem with page-numbering
"G. Ken Holman" <[email protected]>
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At 2002-11-07 08:13 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >i have a problem with the page-numbering. >is it possible to calculate with >fo:page-number and fo:page-number-citation so that >i do something like this: > ><fo:page-number-citation/> - (<fo:page-number/> - 1) ??? No ... these two formatting objects add glyphs to areas on the page, they are not representations of abstract numbers for use in arithmetic. >the other question: is it possible to >put fo:page-number in <xsl:variable/> ??? The construct can go in a variable as a result tree fragment to be added to the resulting XSL-FO file on demand, but a given page's page number cannot. My impression is you are missing an important aspect of XSL in that the XSLT is "arms length" from the XSL-FO. Your stylesheet acts on your XML to produce XSL-FO, but the XSL-FO engine works on your resulting XSL-FO instance only when the instance is completely created. There is no feedback loop between the on-the-fly formatting interpretation and the stylesheet transformation. Formatting involves supplying the engine with contingencies for situations the formatter might find itself in, rather than querying the formatter for real-time situations. I hope this helps. ..................... Ken -- Upcoming hands-on in-depth XSLT/XPath and/or XSL-FO: - North America: Feb 3 - Feb 7,2003 G. Ken Holman mailto:[email protected] Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/f/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) ISBN 0-13-065196-6 Definitive XSLT and XPath ISBN 0-13-140374-5 Definitive XSL-FO ISBN 1-894049-08-X Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath ISBN 1-894049-10-1 Practical Formatting Using XSL-FO Next conference training: 2002-12-08,03-03,06