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Still having issues with page number [message #22863] Fri, 25 March 2005 08:54 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: mbatchelor.no_s_p_a_m.pentaho.com

Hey all,

I've tried using the latest "stable" build (3/14), but I found it wasn't too
stable. Datasets were simply not working in that build, so I fell back to
the previous version. Anyway - I still have no page number appearing at the
bottom of my pages in my PDF. I posted the question to this forum before,
but now when I look in here, it seems to have gone away.

So, here's the question - the "Page: " label that I can put in footers and
such is simply not working. I suspect that that's because the label only
says "Page: ", but there is no formula or expression supplied that will get
the page number. What is this expression?

Thanks,

Marc
Re: Still having issues with page number [message #24076 is a reply to message #22863] Thu, 31 March 2005 11:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Marc,

Thanks for bring up the question (again). You are right, page numbers are
not supported in the most recent build. The developmenet team is looking
into this. Because BIRT R1 uses FOP to generate PDF output, to fully
resolve the problem might involve changing the ROM and is not as trivial
as it first sounds. Will keep you updated when we come to a solution.


Stanley Wang
BIRT Engine
Re: Still having issues with page number [message #25913 is a reply to message #22863] Mon, 11 April 2005 20:23 Go to previous message
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Marc,

Just an update since you & Stanley discussed the problem. The team has
decided to add a new "page number" element. It will include a special marker
string that tells BIRT or FO where to insert the page number. BIRT will
interpret the string when converting to HTML, and will convert the marker to
the required FO syntax when converting to PDF using FOP.

The element will allow you to say something like:

Page $page of $count

Which will be replaced by:

Page 1 of 5

at runtime. (Syntax is still being finalized, double-check it when the
feature is released in a build.)

I hope this helps...

- Paul

Paul Rogers
BIRT PMC

"Marc Batchelor" <mbatchelor@no_s_p_a_m.pentaho.com> wrote in message
news:d21a0h$in7$1@news.eclipse.org...
> Hey all,
>
> I've tried using the latest "stable" build (3/14), but I found it wasn't
> too
> stable. Datasets were simply not working in that build, so I fell back to
> the previous version. Anyway - I still have no page number appearing at
> the
> bottom of my pages in my PDF. I posted the question to this forum before,
> but now when I look in here, it seems to have gone away.
>
> So, here's the question - the "Page: " label that I can put in footers and
> such is simply not working. I suspect that that's because the label only
> says "Page: ", but there is no formula or expression supplied that will
> get
> the page number. What is this expression?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc
>
>
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