Elementname: Mark

Description

Sets an invisible mark into the output. This is helpful when you want to know on which page the mark is placed on.

Allowed attributes: append, pdftarget, select

Child elements: (none)

Parent elements: Action

Attributes

append (optional)

When yes, append the current page to the previous values of the mark. Useful to get page ranges in an index. (Default is no.)

yes:

Append the page number to the previous value of the mark.

no:

Replace the previous value.

pdftarget (yes or no, optional, since version 3.3.8)

Set a pdf target that can be referenced by A

select (XPath Expression)

The name of the mark to be set.

Example

<Pageformat width="210mm" height="4cm"/>

<Record element="data">
  <PlaceObject>
    <Textblock>
      <Paragraph>
        <Value>
          Row
          Row
          Row
          Row
        </Value>
      </Paragraph>
    </Textblock>
    <Textblock>
      <Action>
        <Mark select="'textstart'"/>
      </Action>
      <Paragraph>
        <Value>
          Row
          Row
          Row
        </Value>
      </Paragraph>
    </Textblock>
  </PlaceObject>
  <NewPage/>
  <Message select="sd:pagenumber('textstart')"></Message>
</Record>

Info

Marks get saved for subsequent runs.

See also

Action

Commands

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