Hi,
I've just been playing with this stuff, and it all seems to work fine.
If you don't specify "initial-page-number" the pages will happily keep counting; you can even change the format between page sequences without affecting the count.
One thing I did notice: if you use initial-page-number then something tries to force the new page sequence onto an odd page; this does not happen when allowing the page numbers to flow on between sequences. You can prevent this behaviour using force-page-count="no-force" (I'm assuming it defaults to "auto" when using initial-page-count).
>FOP now implements fully 2 properties on fo:page-sequence that
>are exactly what you need - 'force-page-count' and 'initial-
>page-number'. You will be the first known 3rd party tester. :-)
>Also check out the 'format' property...
I've included a test sample below which works fine with last night's CVS. Just change the commented page-sequence bits to experiment with the different numbering/formatting possibilities.
Regards,
Twylite
-- XML included below, hope your mailer knows what not to do.
<?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="cover"
page-height="29.7cm"
page-width="21cm"
margin-top="2.5cm"
margin-bottom="2.5cm"
margin-left="2.5cm"
margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-after extent="1cm" />
<fo:region-body margin-top="3cm" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="meta"
page-height="29.7cm"
page-width="21cm"
margin-top="2.5cm"
margin-bottom="2.5cm"
margin-left="2.5cm"
margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-after extent="1cm" />
<fo:region-body margin-top="1.1cm" margin-bottom="1.1cm" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="bodypage"
page-height="29.7cm"
page-width="21cm"
margin-top="2.5cm"
margin-bottom="2.5cm"
margin-left="2.5cm"
margin-right="2cm">
<fo:region-after extent="1cm" />
<fo:region-body margin-top="2.1cm" margin-bottom="1.1cm" />
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<!-- <fo:page-sequence master-name="cover"> -->
<fo:page-sequence master-name="cover" force-page-count="no-force">
<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-after">
<fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="10pt" text-align="start">
Page: <fo:page-number />
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="18pt" text-align="center">
My Reference Manual
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
<!-- <fo:page-sequence master-name="meta" format="i"> -->
<!-- <fo:page-sequence master-name="meta" format="i" initial-page-number="1"> -->
<fo:page-sequence master-name="meta" format="i" initial-page-number="1" force-page-count="no-force">
<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-after">
<fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="10pt" text-align="start">
Page: <fo:page-number />
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block font-family="Times Roman" font-size="12pt" text-align="justify">
First page of metadata.
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
<!-- <fo:page-sequence master-name="bodypage"> -->
<fo:page-sequence master-name="bodypage" initial-page-number="1">
<fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-after">
<fo:block font-family="Helvetica" font-size="10pt" text-align="start">
Page: <fo:page-number />
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block font-family="Times Roman" font-size="12pt" text-align="justify">
First page of body.
</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
