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cleccese1-Visitor
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December 22, 2011
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increment counter or variable?

  • December 22, 2011
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I was wondering if it is possible to increment a variable myself in a footer or header.


A footer looks likes this:


Page 10/(11 blank)


So I was hoping I could increment a counter variable myself in the footer or save the content of a counter variable to a text variable and add 1. I have a feeling this is not possible. I did create a second page counter to keep track of the blank pages but my numbers are off so I wanted to check for a shortcut before I tweak it.


folioct,\/(\,pageno1-ct+1,\ blank)\ obviously doesn't work.

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    LynnHales1-Visitor
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    December 22, 2011
    Caroline,

    I really think the answer will depend on which styling engine you are using. FOSI, yes you can. XSL, maybe, but most likely no. Styler, I really have not worked with, so I'll leave that to an expert.

    So if you could let us know which you are using.

    Lynn

    ---- Caroline Leccese <caroline@thecodesource.net> wrote:
    > I was wondering if it is possible to increment a variable myself in a footer or header.
    > A footer looks likes this:
    > Page 10/(11 blank)
    > So I was hoping I could increment a counter variable myself in the footer or save the content of a counter variable to a text variable and add 1. I have a feeling this is not possible. I did create a second page counter to keep track of the blank pages but my numbers are off so I wanted to check for a shortcut before I tweak it.
    > folioct,\/(\,pageno1-ct+1,\ blank)\ obviously doesn't work.
    >
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    ptc-19080751-Visitor
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    December 22, 2011
    Caroline,

    If you are using FOSI, you need two counters for this. Initialize folioct to zero and nextpageblankct to one. Increment them both in pageres. Output them as counters (folioct/nextpageblankct) or strings (folioct.txt[BO]/nextpageblankct.txt[BO]) on a rectobb page model.

    I've attached PDF from my book in progress.

    Good luck!
    Suzanne Napoleon
    www.FOSIexpert.com
    "WYSIWYG is last-century technology!"




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    cleccese1-VisitorAuthor
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    December 22, 2011

    Thanks, Suzanne!


    I am using Styler 5.3 with FOSI edits.


    If I want to reset nextpgblankct for each chapter, is this the proper form? I need to reset it before I can set the value to 1?


    <reset resetlist="nextpgblankct"/">


    <enumerat enumid="nextpgblankct" setvalue="1"/">


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    cleccese1-VisitorAuthor
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    December 22, 2011

    I'm doing something wrong...


    I'm getting Page 10/(8 blank) instead of


    Page 10/(11 blank)


    hmmm

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    ptc-19080751-Visitor
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    December 22, 2011
    Be sure to increment nextpageblankct in every page model where folioct is incremented, including blank pages.


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    cleccese1-VisitorAuthor
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    December 22, 2011

    Can I ignore this error? I'm reseting nextpgblankct in some of the elements because the page numbers restart in each chapter.


    Pagedesc counter variable "nextpgblankct" is modified in the styldesc

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    ptc-19080751-Visitor
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    December 22, 2011
    You can code the FOSI to reset the page number in the pageres for each page model. I've attached relevant PDF from my book.
    Suzanne

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    cleccese1-VisitorAuthor
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    December 23, 2011

    Thanks again, Suzanne! Very much appreciated.

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