The user can set different options for page numbers using the following extensions: xf:skip-blank-pages, xf:initial-page-number, xf:use-sheet-number, xf:increment-by.

 

Example of usage:

 

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:xf="http://www.ecrion.com/xf/1.0"> (1)

       <fo:layout-master-set>

               <fo:simple-page-master master-name="FirstPage" page-width="5in" page-height="1in" margin="0.2in">

                       <fo:region-body region-name="PageBody"/>

                       <fo:region-after region-name="Footer" extent="0.2in"/>

               </fo:simple-page-master>

               <fo:simple-page-master master-name="LetterPage" page-width="5in" page-height="1in" margin="0.2in">

                       <fo:region-body region-name="PageBody"/>

                       <fo:region-after region-name="Footer" extent="0.2in"/>

               </fo:simple-page-master>

               <fo:simple-page-master master-name="BlankPage" page-width="5in" page-height="1in" margin="0.2in">

                       <fo:region-body region-name="PageBody"/>

                       <fo:region-after region-name="Footer" extent="0.2in"/>

               </fo:simple-page-master>

               <fo:page-sequence-master master-name="alternate">                        

                       <fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives maximum-repeats="no-limit">

                               <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="FirstPage"/>

                               <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="BlankPage" blank-or-not-blank="blank" odd-or-even="even"/>

                               <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="LetterPage" odd-or-even="odd"/>

                       </fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>

               </fo:page-sequence-master>

       </fo:layout-master-set>

       <fo:page-sequence master-reference="alternate" font="10pt Arial">

               <fo:static-content flow-name="Footer">

                       <fo:block text-align="right" border-top="1pt solid black" padding-top="1mm">

                               Page

                               <fo:page-number xf:skip-blank-pages="true" (2) xf:initial-page-number="1" (3)xf:use-sheet-number="false" /> (4)

                               of

                               <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="theEnd" xf:skip-blank-pages="true"/>

                       </fo:block>

               </fo:static-content>

               <fo:flow flow-name="PageBody">

                       <fo:block>

                               The text content of the first page.

                       </fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-before="page">

                               The text content of the second page.

                       </fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block break-after="page"></fo:block>

                       <fo:block id="theEnd">

                               The text content of the last page.

                       </fo:block>

               </fo:flow>

       </fo:page-sequence>

</fo:root>

 

 

Key observations:

 

(1) In order to work with this extension, the corresponding xml namespace must be defined.

(2) xf:skip-blank-pages can also be applied to fo:page-number and fo:page-number-citation; it takes Boolean values, and if it is set to "true" the blank pages will not have page-numbers.

(3) xf:initial-page-number can be applied only to the fo:page-number element. It can take one of the following values: "auto" | "auto-odd" | "auto-even" or an integer value.

This extension sets the first page's page number. The next page's number will be the first page's, incremented by the value set by xf:increment-by (x).

xf:increment-by (x) extension's default value is "1".

(4) xf:use-sheet-numbers is used when not pages, but sheets must be numbered.

 

 

Output: