How to Display Page Numbers and Total Pages in NetSuite Advanced PDF/HTML Templates

NetSuite's Advanced PDF/HTML Templates leverage BFO tags to manage page numbering and breaks. The element is versatile, allowing display of the current page number or referencing the page number of other elements in the document, which is particularly useful for tables of contents or cross-references.To implement advanced page numbering:

1. To force a page break at a specific point in the document, use the tag.

2. Assign a unique id attribute to the closing tag of the section whose page number needs to be referenced. This is typically the end of a dynamic table or a specific content block. For example:

html< div id"pagenumbers'+transactionRecord.getId()+'">< /div >

1. To display the page number of a referenced section, use the tag with the idref attribute, pointing to the id assigned in the previous step. For instance, to reference the page number of the section identified by pagenumbers'+transactionRecord.getId()+'':

html< pagenumber idref"pagenumbers'+transactionRecord.getId()+'"/>

1. To display the total number of pages in the document, use the tag directly within your template. This tag is processed by the BFO engine to output the final page count.It is important to note that BFO elements like and are processed by the BFO engine after FreeMarker has completed its processing. Therefore, their rendered values are not directly available for FreeMarker's conditional logic or direct assignment.