footer Attribute
Specifies the footer text when printing a view.
Type
xsd:string
Remarks
The footer attribute is an optional attribute of the printSettings element. The printSettings element also provides a header attribute.
The footer attribute cannot be greater than 255 characters in length.
When using a header or footer in a form, there are a number of variables that can be used to display information such as page numbers, dates, and times; or to align the text that the header or footer contains.
Header and footer variables| Characters | Description |
|---|---|
| &w | The title of the window. |
| &u | The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the page. |
| &d | The date in short format as specified by the regional settings in Control Panel. |
| &D | The date in long format as specified by the regional settings in Control Panel. |
| &t | The time in the format as specified by regional settings in Control Panel. |
| &T | The time in 24-hour format. |
| &p | The current page number. |
| &P | The total number of pages. |
| &b | Right-aligned text (following &b). |
| &b&b | Centered text (between &b&b). |
| && | A single ampersand (&). |
Example
The following is an example of the footer attribute as it is used in the printSettings element:
<xsf:view name="View" caption="View">
<xsf:printSettings
header="Header text goes here."
footer="Footer text goes here."
orientation="portrait"
marginUnitsType="in"
topMargin="1"
leftMargin="2"
rightMargin="2"
bottomMargin="1"
</xsf:printSettings>
...
</xsf:view>