Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: FO footer: total pages and time

[Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com>]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 06:01:55PM +0200, Luc Taesch wrote:
> Id like to customise the footer as to have
> 
> ... Page 3 of 15 ... Printed 4/8/2002 15:32
> 
> how can i get
> - the total number of pages ?
> - the current system time ?
> 
> (thanks to dave's FAQ , I already found the generic way to customise the
> footer).
> 
> if its a fop limitation, please let me know too. i found nothing on
> googgle...

One approach to the page count would be to insert an
empty fo:block with an id attribute after all of
your content, and then do a page reference to that
id in your footer.   I've not tried it, however.
There might be a problem with a generated blank even
page at the end.

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