Page numbers from XML output file

Scenario:
We have a situation here where we would need to create an XML document and a pdf file produced by an Oracle 11i EBS report. The XML document will need to have the number of pages the report (in pdf) has produced.
For example, if I have two sales orders in the pdf report. And, the first order has three pages and the second order has five pages, we would need to create an the XML document with:
<order>1
<page>3</page>
</order>
<order>2
<page>5</page>
</order>
Question:
Is there a way for us somehow to capture the number of pages for the order (using my example) in the XML template? We want to capture it and use it to populate our XML document.
Thanks
Kamalakar.G

Hello,
If you know at which xml (data) branch you should break for each page, and your format template is setup to do so, you should be able to predetermine your page numbers using node counting.
I have used node counting only one or two times myself and (at the moment) can not even find the report(s) I used it with (sorry, just way, way too many reports around here... :-( )
Anyway, it is pretty straitforward and is documented at:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-tipnodst.html#1
A google search on XSL and node revealed many other sites with examples as well.
(ex. http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/XML/Q_21875961.html )
Good luck and if I ever find one of the reports I actually used it in...I will post my code.
Scott

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