Re: How to count elements on a page

Thank you for your response Mr. Pietschmann.

Somebody made this suggestion if RenderX's XEP is used
as the XSL formatter. Do you think this is practical:

"the only reasonable way to do it is to generate .xep 
output
(using com.renderx.xep.gen.backends.H4XEP producer, or

-at|-format at
at XSLDriver's command prompt) and then postprocess 
it.
rx:pinpoint is a useful tool for implementing the 
functionality."

Thank you,
Mete

--- "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mete Kural wrote:
> > For example, I have a page with dictionary
> entries. I
> > want to have a footnote on the right bottom corner
> > that shows how many dictionary entries there is on
> > that specific page. For every page, there will be
> a
> > footnote telling the count of dictionary entries
> on
> > the page. How do I count the number of certain
> > elements - for instance <dictionary-entry>
> elements -
> > on a "page" and print the total count for that
> page as
> > a footnote on the page?
> 
> Short answer: you can't. Once the content gets into
> the
> pagination process, there are no longer
> dictionary-entry
> elements available for counting.
> Longer answer: If you like challenges, try any of
> the
> following:
> - Implement pagination at the XSLT level. Whether
> this
>    is workable depends on details of your problem,
> it has
>    been done for dictionaries before.
> - Implement extension elements for marking the
> dictionary
>    entries and for counting the marks and print the
> result.
>    Details depend heavily on the XSLFO processor you
> are
>    using (for example, whether is supports
> extensiona at all).
> - Check whether creative use of SVG graphics in FO
> markers
>    or absolute positioned blocks solves your
> problem. The
>    graphics may overlap, and by carefully placing
> dots
>    and windows, the result could be the number you
> require.
>    Similar tricks had been used in various toys and
> puzzles.
> 
> J.Pietschmann
> 
> 
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