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Re: [xsl] different first page using sequence-specifier-repeating

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That worked great!

I used the:
page-position="first"
page-position="rest"
page-position="last"

instead of:
odd-or-even

and it worked wonderful.

Thank you very much.

Nikolai Grigoriev wrote:

> Steve,
>
> > I've seen lot's of examples such as:
> >
> > <fo:layout-master-set>
> >     <fo:simple-page-master
> >          page-master-name="one"
> > ...
> >
> <skip/>
> >
> > But can anyone give me an example of how to have two different
> > page layouts?  I want to have a different page header on the first
> > page than the rest of the pages.
>
> Your examples follow the old version of XSL Working Draft (namely, that of April
> 21, 1999). At that time, what you are asking for was impossible.
>
> The current version of XSL FO (Candidate Recommendation of November 21, 2000)
> has means to switch headers put on different pages - you can give custom names
> to regions, and than specify these names in flow-name property of a
> fo:static-content element (see code below).
>
> Most XSL FO formatters now support the Candidate Recommendation. Which one are
> you using? Probably, it needs upgrading. By the way: we have a stylesheet to
> convert Apr'99 XSLFO files to XSL CR (available from
> http://www.renderx.com/Tests/validator/FO99to00.xsl; also part of XEP2.01 eval
> version distribution).
>
> Regards,
>
> Nikolai Grigoriev
> RenderX
>
> ============================================
> <fo:layout-master-set>
>   <!-- even pages -->
>   <fo:simple-page-master master-name="left">
>     <fo:region-body margin="1in"/>
>     <fo:region-before extent="1in" region-name="left-header"/>
>   </fo:simple-page-master>
>   <!-- odd pages -->
>   <fo:simple-page-master master-name="right">
>     <fo:region-body margin="1in"/>
>     <fo:region-before extent="1in" region-name="right-header"/>
>   </fo:simple-page-master>
>
>   <!-- page sequence master - replaces sequence-specification -->
>   <fo:page-sequence-master master-name="alternating">
>     <fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
>       <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-name="left"
>             odd-or-even="even"/>
>       <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-name="right"/>
>     </fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
>   </fo:page-sequence-master>
> </fo:layout-master-set>
>
> <fo:page-sequence master-name="alternating">
>   <fo:static-content flow-name="left-header">
>     <fo:block text-align="start">Left Header</fo:block>
>   </fo:static-content>
>
>   <fo:static-content flow-name="right-header">
>     <fo:block text-align="end">Right Header</fo:block>
>   </fo:static-content>
>
>   <fo:flow>
>     ......
>
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