Hi Javier,
How many tabs do you have in the Document? I've thought of a workaround which needs some input from Users every time they save the Document as PDF. The more the number of tabs, the more work. By work I mean, they'll have to hand type in the total number of pages by tab in few input controls.
Ex: If there are three tabs in the report (Tab 1, Tab 2, Tab 3)
- Create the below variables:
Total Number of Pages in Tab 1 = 0 (just type in 0 for now, it doesn't matter)
Total Number of Pages in Tab 2 = 0 (just type in 0 for now, it doesn't matter)
Total Number of Pages in Tab 3 = 0 (just type in 0 for now, it doesn't matter)
Total Number of Pages in Document = [Total Number of Pages in Tab 1] + [Total Number of Pages in Tab 2] + [Total Number of Pages in Tab 3]
Page Numbers in Tab 1 = Page() + " of " + [Total Number of Pages in Document]
Page Numbers in Tab 2 = ([Total Number of Pages in Tab 1] + Page()) +" of " + [Total Number of Pages in Document]
Page Numbers in Tab 3 = ([Total Number of Pages in Tab 1] + [Total Number of Pages in Tab 2] + Page()) + [Total Number of Pages in Document]
- After creating those variables, create a single value Input Control in Tab 1 with the object [Total Number of Pages in Tab 1], using the Entry field, so the Users can type-in the total number of pages manually. You won't see the step to setup Dependency, its OK, don't worry about it. After creating the input control, please enter a number as a test, say 10, now if you open the variable [Total Number of Pages in Tab 1], you'll see its value is now =10 (remember, we created it with a formula =10). It's a cool feature.
- Similar to last step, create one Input Control each in Tab 2 and Tab 3 with their respective objects.
- To display the page numbers, add the [Page Numbers in Tab 1] with a cell in Tab 1. Do the same for Tab 2 and Tab 3 using respective objects.
- Voila, you're done.
Let us know if this workaround works for you, if yes, let us know if you have any implementation issues.
Update: I've created this blog post with the request you and many people have had in the past, check it out:
Continuous Page Numbering in Multi-tab Webi Document
Thanks,
Mahboob Mohammed