Subject: Re: [xsl] How to count elements on a page From: Mete Kural <metekural@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 21:46:03 -0800 (PST) |
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 > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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