I make PDFs on the fly, here's what I use, maybe it'll be helpful
<cfdocumentitem type="footer" >
<cfoutput>
Page: #cfdocument.currentpagenumber# /
#cfdocument.totalpagecount#
</cfoutput>
</cfdocumentitem>
On Friday, February 28, 2014 3:01:13 PM UTC-6, Jonathan Voss wrote:
>
> Have you ever worked this out? I am working on the same issues now. Would
> be nice to have an easy way of displaying page numbers.
>
> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:16:22 AM UTC-4, Confused wrote:
>>
>> Not what I was hoping to hear, but thanks.
>>
>> I'll play with that, but it may be a few days.
>>
>> If it could all be solved with css3, I wouldn't mind a bit. Gotta learn
>> it eventually... and CFDocumentSection has never been a real gem, anyway.
>>
>> But "Page X of Y" is hard to do without.
>>
>> Pls let me know of any tips you hear of, and I'll get back with the
>> results of my tinkering.
>>
>> tx,
>> c
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:27:54 AM UTC-5, Peter J. Farrell wrote:
>>>
>>> There is definitely some work to be done. This works, but no access
>>> to any cfdocument variables:
>>>
>>> <cfdocument format="pdf"
>>> orientation="landscape"
>>> src="http://#cgi.SERVER_NAME#"; <http://#cgi.SERVER_NAME%23>
>>>
>>> filename="#ExpandPath("/spectrum-public/docs/DuroDesignShowrooms.pdf")#"
>>> overwrite="true">
>>> <style>
>>> @page {
>>> @bottom-center { content: element(footer); }
>>> }
>>>
>>> div.content {page-break-after: always;}
>>>
>>> ##footer { position: running(footer); font-size:2em; }
>>>
>>> </style>
>>>
>>> <div id="footer">
>>> Footer information
>>> </div>
>>> <div class="content">
>>> #event.getArg("layout.showrooms_usa")#
>>> </div>
>>> </cfdocument>
>>>
>>> @Alan, is there a way we can parse the body for placeholders so we can
>>> use flying saucer notation with CSS3 and still have cfdocument.* access or
>>> something like it?
>>>
>>> Confused said the following on 08/21/2012 12:46 AM:
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm doing it wrong....
>>>
>>> This code (not in a cfdocumentsection):
>>>
>>> <cfoutput>
>>> <p>
>>> <cfif cfdocument.currentpagenumber is 1>
>>> page 1 of #cfdocument.totalpagecount#
>>> <cfelse>
>>> page #cfdocument.currentpagenumber# of #cfdocument.totalpagecount#
>>> </cfif>
>>> </p>
>>> </cfoutput>
>>>
>>> produces this output (it's near the top of the page and has other output
>>> below it, so it is definately on page 1):
>>>
>>> page BD:CURRENTPAGENUMBER of BD:TOTALPAGECOUNT
>>>
>>> I think we have an issue with not being able to determine total pages
>>> until all of them have been rendered in some way. ??
>>>
>>> tx,
>>> c
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:26:33 AM UTC-5, Peter J. Farrell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You definitely have access to current page and total pages...have you
>>>> tried?
>>>>
>>>> You might be able to do headers and footers using css3 which the Flying
>>>> Saucer library uses.
>>>>
>>>> @alan, do you know why the cfdocumentitem doesn't allow styling?
>>>> On Aug 21, 2012 12:17 AM, "Confused" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ouch.
>>>>> That's a significant issue for me. Got about 20 reports I'm gonna have
>>>>> to redesign.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the past, we haven't been able to use cfdocument.currentpagenumber
>>>>> & totalpagecount for comparisons. (and if I remember correctly, can't use
>>>>> 'em outside of header/footer). If I could get access to those, I could
>>>>> likely craft my own headers/footers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternately, could I drop in an iText library and fix anything? ..
>>>>> (even if I have to pay for it)
>>>>> That probably breaks with the open source philosophy, but my customers
>>>>> are less concerned with that than with good-looking quotes.
>>>>>
>>>>> ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> tx,
>>>>> c
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, August 20, 2012 10:40:23 PM UTC-5, Peter J. Farrell wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At this moment, text is the only thing allowed in header / footer.
>>>>>> Its really a limitation of the FlyingSaucer library that is used. I
>>>>>> haven't
>>>>>> found a work around yet.
>>>>>> On Aug 20, 2012 9:49 PM, "Confused" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Moving a site onto OBD. W08 Server, 64-bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't get cfdocumentitem type=header/footer to do much. (I'm making
>>>>>>> .pdf's, btw)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It prints the text, but that's about it. ... no images... no
>>>>>>> spacing... no fonts, colors or other styling whatsoever.
>>>>>>> It seems to ignore table tags, divs, and paragraph tags... doesn't
>>>>>>> want to display an image whether in image tags or styled as backgrounds
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> tried using style tags and inline styles...
>>>>>>> Nothing seems to work. I just get a single, left-aligned, unstyled
>>>>>>> line of whatever text I had in the tables, paragraph tags, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any voices of experience on this?
>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Much Tx,
>>>>>>> c
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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