> No. A forward reference is for example a fo:page-number-citation > referring to a page after the current page, like in the > overused "page X of Y" construct. >
No offense, but if it's over-used, then it's probably because end users ask for it. As a project lead I really wouldn't look forward to telling the business team that my whiz-bang PDF generator can't handle page x of y. I've already had to tell them I can't print 'Continued' on a table header after a page break, that I can't display separate page numbers for a sub-section, and that we either have to limit out reports to about 50 pages or have awkward page breaks where I start new page-sequences. I can understand that FOP wasn't designed to do these things, but ultimately the end-user experience must drive any piece of software. So if FOP can't adapt, than a commercial alternative or at least extension package will have to emerge. JMHO. -Matt
