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Hi all:
Is there a way to make the <foage-number> start from a value
different than 1 ? (using fop to generate pdf)

thanks
hilz

Set the initial-page-number attribute like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="page">
<fo:region-body margin='2.5cm' region-name="body"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>

<foage-sequence master-reference="page" initial-page-number="19">
<fo:flow flow-name="body">
<fo:block >page number is <foage-number/></fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</foage-sequence>

</fo:root>

Regards

John Farrow
http://www.xmlpdf.com


"hilz" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all:
> Is there a way to make the <foage-number> start from a value
> different than 1 ? (using fop to generate pdf)
>
> thanks
> hilz
>
>
>

John,
Thank you so much for the quick answer.
I tired it and it worked great.

Now when i try to substitute the number "19" with a variable
"$initialPageNumber" that i pre-defined, it gives the error below:

javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException:
The value '$initialPageNumber' is not valid for initial-page-number

any idea how i can pass a variable here?
thanks a bunch
hilz


"john farrow" <> wrote in message
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> Set the initial-page-number attribute like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
> <fo:layout-master-set>
> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="page">
> <fo:region-body margin='2.5cm' region-name="body"/>
> </fo:simple-page-master>
> </fo:layout-master-set>
>
> <foage-sequence master-reference="page" initial-page-number="19">
> <fo:flow flow-name="body">
> <fo:block >page number is <foage-number/></fo:block>
> </fo:flow>
> </foage-sequence>
>
> </fo:root>
>
> Regards
>
> John Farrow
> http://www.xmlpdf.com
>
>
> "hilz" <> wrote in message
> news:k5qdnaqv7-JKNrfdRVn-...
> > Hi all:
> > Is there a way to make the <foage-number> start from a value
> > different than 1 ? (using fop to generate pdf)
> >
> > thanks
> > hilz
> >
> >
> >
>
>

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:36:19 -0500, hilz <> wrote:

> "john farrow" <> wrote in message
> news:mryWb.23552$...
>> Set the initial-page-number attribute like this:
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
>> <fo:layout-master-set>
>> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="page">
>> <fo:region-body margin='2.5cm' region-name="body"/>
>> </fo:simple-page-master>
>> </fo:layout-master-set>
>>
>> <foage-sequence master-reference="page" initial-page-number="19">
>> <fo:flow flow-name="body">
>> <fo:block >page number is <foage-number/></fo:block>
>> </fo:flow>
>> </foage-sequence>
>>
>> </fo:root>
>
> Thank you so much for the quick answer.
> I tired it and it worked great.
>
> Now when i try to substitute the number "19" with a variable
> "$initialPageNumber" that i pre-defined, it gives the error below:

John's example is straight XSL-FO. Presumably what you're not telling
us is that you are writing an XSLT transform in which you're using a
variable, and presumably you've written something like:

<foage-sequence master-reference="page"
initial-page-number="$initialPageNumber">

when what you meant was:

<foage-sequence master-reference="page"
initial-page-number="{$initialPageNumber}">

Of course, I'm just guessing because you didn't post any code.


--
Paul.

Logic Squad -- Technical Publishing with XML -- http://logicsquad.net/

> John's example is straight XSL-FO. Presumably what you're not telling
> us is that you are writing an XSLT transform in which you're using a
> variable, and presumably you've written something like:
>
> <foage-sequence master-reference="page"
> initial-page-number="$initialPageNumber">
>
> when what you meant was:
>
> <foage-sequence master-reference="page"
> initial-page-number="{$initialPageNumber}">
>
> Of course, I'm just guessing because you didn't post any code.
>

Paul, thanks for your answer.
Sorry for the ambiguity in my question.Yes I am using XSLT transformation
with an xml file to produce the fo then the pdf.
And your suggestion of placing the variable between {} worked great, thank
you. Another solution was to add it as an attribute element inside the
page-sequence element as below:

<xsl:attribute name="initial-page-number"><xsl:value-of
select="$startingPageNumber"/></xsl:attribute>

Thanks
hilz