Adding a DateTime stamp to a PDF titlepage

[Laurie Burley]

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Hi,

 

We are currently generating PDFs using xsltproc, and are building our PDF titlepages using an .svg image with the following code:

 

      <t:titlepage t:element="book" t:wrapper="fo:block">

            <t:titlepage-content t:side="recto">

            </t:titlepage-content>

 

            <t:titlepage-content t:side="verso">

                  <legalnotice font-size="10pt"/>

            </t:titlepage-content>

 

            <t:titlepage-separator>

                  <!--<fo:block break-after="page"/>-->

            </t:titlepage-separator>

 

            <t:titlepage-before t:side="recto">

                  <!--<fo:block break-after="page"/>-->

                  <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute"

                        height="100%"

                        width="100%">

                        <fo:block padding-top="10%">

                              <fo:external-graphic src="url(All_Titlepages/KTM/CoverPage_InstallationGuide_KTM.svg)"/>

                        </fo:block>

                  </fo:block-container>

            </t:titlepage-before>

 

            <t:titlepage-before t:side="verso">

                  <fo:block break-before="page"/>

                  <!--<fo:block break-after="page"/>-->

            </t:titlepage-before>

      </t:titlepage>

 

We have been asked to include a date and time stamp on each pdf title page in addition to the graphic file.

 

I’ve been able to get generic text placed in the correct location on the title page by adding the following entry directly after the external-graphic block:

 

<fo:block text-align="right" margin-right="-10px" font-family="{$title.fontset}" font-size="8pt">Date/Time Stamp to go here</fo:block>

I’ve seen several examples using JavaScript but they tend to require either the Saxon or Xalan processors, which we are not using.

 

Does anybody know if I can insert the date and time in that location? If so, could you provide or point me to an example?

 

Thanks in advance,

Laurie.

Laurie Burley Sr. Tech Comm Spc. Kofax U.K., Ltd.
201 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0GZ United Kingdom	Tel: [phone] laurie.burley@...

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[Dave Pawson]

On 24/09/09 12:56, Laurie Burley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are currently generating PDFs using xsltproc, and are building our
> PDF titlepages using an .svg image with the following code:


> We have been asked to include a date and time stamp on each pdf title
> page in addition to the graphic file.
>
> I’ve been able to get generic text placed in the correct location on the
> title page by adding the following entry directly after the
> external-graphic block:

> I’ve seen several examples using JavaScript but they tend to require
> either the Saxon or Xalan processors, which we are not using.
>
> Does anybody know if I can insert the date and time in that location? If
> so, could you provide or point me to an example?

Using xslt 2.0 it is easier, but with XSLT 1.0, easiest to pass
the date time, formatted as you want it, as a parameter
to the stylesheet, and use that value.




regards

--
Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk

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[Jirka Kosek]

Laurie Burley wrote:

> We have been asked to include a date and time stamp on each pdf title page in addition to the graphic file.

Just add something like

<pubdate><?dbtimestamp?></pubdate> inside your <info> element and then
make sure that titlepage customization place this info in the right place.

See
http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/pi/dbtimestamp.html

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[Bob Stayton]

Hi,
The "Date and time" topic linked to from the dbtimestamp reference page
seems to be broken.
For details on the "format" string, see:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Datetime.html


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To: "Laurie Burley" <laurie.burley@...>
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Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Adding a DateTime stamp to a PDF titlepage

Laurie Burley wrote:

> We have been asked to include a date and time stamp on each pdf title page
> in addition to the graphic file.

Just add something like

<pubdate><?dbtimestamp?></pubdate> inside your <info> element and then
make sure that titlepage customization place this info in the right place.

See
http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/pi/dbtimestamp.html


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