Re: [xsl] Different header on first page (xsl:fo)?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2004-04-07 14:49 +0200, Simon Dotschuweit wrote:
> I really need to have a different fo:region-before for the first page,
> but I have no idea how to do that, can I perhabs somehow access
> the current page number?

No, this is not available to you algorithmically.

> like:
>
> <xsl:if test='pagenumber=1'>
>         <fo:block>Do this!</fo:block>
> </xsl:if>
> <xsl:if test='pagenumber!=1'>
>         <fo:block>Do that!</fo:block>
> </xsl:if>

Note that you are attempting to use XSLT at the run time of XSL-FO which is 
not available to you because *all* of XSLT is complete before XSL-FO even 
begins to work.  There is an arm's-length relationship between the two 
processes.

You set up your formatting with contingencies for different page geometries 
in a sequence of page geometries:

(1) - create a page geometry for the first page with a <region-before> name 
something like "before-on-first", name the geometry something like "first"
(2) - create a page geometry for all the other pages with a <region-before> 
name something like "before-rest", name the geometry something like "rest"
(3) - create a page sequence master, that delivers the first geometry for 
the first page and the other geometry for the remainder of your pages:

   <page-sequence-master name="all-pages">
     <single-page-master-reference master-reference="first"/>
     <repeatable-page-master-reference master-reference="rest"/>
   </page-sequence-master>

(4) - point to the page-sequence-master from your page sequence:

   <page-sequence master-reference="all-pages">

(5) - define the static content you need on each of the two geometries:

     <static-content region-name="before-on-first">
       <block>Do this!</block>
     </static-content>
     <static-content region-name="before-rest
       <block>that</block>
     </static-content>

I hope this helps.

....................... Ken

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