Re: FO: next to last page

Hi All,

This is possible and I believe this is a requirement for MIL-STD-40051. We use
Apache FOP 0.95 and have this working using condition page sequences and
markers.

If you would like a sample FO, email me directly. Happy to help.

Regards,

Phil


On May 6, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Don Smith wrote:

> Thanks Ken. I suspected as much but wanted to confirm.
>
> Don
>
> --- On Thu, 5/6/10, G. Ken Holman <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: G. Ken Holman <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re:  FO: next to last page
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 10:00 AM
>> At 2010-05-06 07:44 -0700, Don Smith
>> wrote:
>>> I've got a requirement to end chapters on even pages
>> and, if that last page turns out to be blank, reference it
>> on the next to last page. Assuming that I have 5 pages of
>> content and output a blank page for page 6, then on page 5 I
>> need this in a static content region:
>>>
>>> Page: 5 / 6 blank
>>>
>>> I've got everything working in terms of reference,
>> etc. My problem is isolating only the next to last page. I
>> can't see any way to do that. Right now I'm getting the
>> reference on all my odd pages; I only want it if it's next
>> to last.
>>>
>>> Am I missing the way to accomplish this or is it
>> impossible?
>>
>> It is not possible in the way you express the
>> requirement.  One cannot do arithmetic with page
>> numbers
>>
>> When my customers have come to me with this, the way I've
>> convinced them to go is to use:
>>
>> Page: 5 / next blank
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
>>
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