Hi Simon, I'm afraid but there is no way to know on which page you are. Is there a reason why you can't put the page number into a static area? If you can then the following snippets might help:
1. Define your pages (left / right) <fo:simple-page-master master-name="right_page" page-height="{$MEDIA_PAGE_HEIGHT}cm" page-width="{$MEDIA_PAGE_WIDTH}cm" margin-top="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_TOP}cm" margin-bottom="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_BOTTOM}cm" margin-left="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_LEFT}cm" margin-right="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_RIGHT}cm"> <fo:region-body margin-top="{$SUBSIDIARIES_HEADER_EXTENT}cm" margin-bottom="{$SUBSIDIARIES_FOOTER_EXTENT}cm" margin-left="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm" margin-right="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm"> <xsl:call-template name="makeBackgroundImage"/> </fo:region-body> <fo:region-before extent="{$SUBSIDIARIES_HEADER_EXTENT}cm"/> <fo:region-after region-name="footer-even" extent="{$SUBSIDIARIES_FOOTER_EXTENT}cm"/> <fo:region-start extent="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm"/> <fo:region-end extent="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm"/> </fo:simple-page-master> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="left_page" page-height="{$MEDIA_PAGE_HEIGHT}cm" page-width="{$MEDIA_PAGE_WIDTH}cm" margin-top="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_TOP}cm" margin-bottom="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_BOTTOM}cm" margin-left="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_LEFT}cm" margin-right="{$MEDIA_MARGIN_RIGHT}cm"> <fo:region-body margin-top="{$SUBSIDIARIES_HEADER_EXTENT}cm" margin-bottom="{$SUBSIDIARIES_FOOTER_EXTENT}cm" margin-left="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm" margin-right="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm"> <xsl:call-template name="makeBackgroundImage"/> </fo:region-body> <fo:region-before extent="{$SUBSIDIARIES_HEADER_EXTENT}cm"/> <fo:region-after region-name="footer-odd" extent="{$SUBSIDIARIES_FOOTER_EXTENT}cm"/> <fo:region-start extent="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm"/> <fo:region-end extent="{$THUMB_AREA_EXTENT}cm"/> </fo:simple-page-master> 2. Assign them to odd / even page numbers <fo:page-sequence-master master-name="subsidiaries"> <fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives> <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="right_page" odd-or-even="odd"/> <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="left_page" odd-or-even="even"/> </fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives> </fo:page-sequence-master> 3. Use the page sequence and add layout specific to even / odd pages <fo:page-sequence master-reference="subsidiaries"> <fo:static-content flow-name="footer-even"> <xsl:call-template name="makeNotesFootnote"/> <xsl:call-template name="makePageNumberFooterEven"/> </fo:static-content> <fo:static-content flow-name="footer-odd"> <xsl:call-template name="makeNotesFootnote"/> <xsl:call-template name="makePageNumberFooterOdd"/> </fo:static-content> <fo:flow> ... </fo:flow> </fo:page-sequence> BTW: Please use fop-users list for questions like this in future. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can't bind page number into a variable Hi, I would like to put specific attributes on odd or even pages, so I began by looking for a way to check the context pages but I did'nt find anything. So I wanted to bind the <fo:page-number /> into a variable in order to make some test on it when I want to add specific parameters to my tags. <xsl:variable name="page_number"><fo:page-number /></xsl:variable> <xsl:if test="($page_number mod 2)=1"> <xsl:attribute name="text-align">start</xsl:attribute> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="($page_number mod 2)=0"> <xsl:attribute name="text-align">end</xsl:attribute> </xsl:if> But it looks like being impossible to bind the <fo:page-number /> into a variable or param (I tried to write my variable in a block but it looks like being setted to "" by the fo:page-number tag). Is here a reason for my variable to be null ? And is there a way to detect the context where I am currently in while writing in a non-static content ? I also tried to make a template with a page_number param but it doesn't work either... Here are some examples of my pdf outputs : http://www.tatouage.fr/temp/ap_skin_example.pdf (here I want to align my titles at the start or the end of the block depending of the odd or even condition, I am in a non-static context) http://www.tatouage.fr/temp/cd_skin_example.pdf (It's the same with this skin but it will be easier for me because every objects have statical position on the page = I have one odd and one even page for each XML <FICHE> tag, so I'll be able to manage the whole page breaking in XSLT) Sorry for disturbing you developpers with my little problem, but it makes me so nervous ... :/ Thanks for your work on this API. Simon OUALID --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]