RTF Formatting Issue for a Conventional Report

Hi,
I have started using XML Publisher. I am unable to do one of my requirement to design the RTF template because of following issues. My report should look like this.
|....|........................|.....................|
|....|....Name...........|.......Value......|
|.1..|......AAA..........|........100........|
|.2..|......BBB..........|........200........|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|....|.......................|......................|
|..........Total..........|....Cont./Sum...|
|..................................................|
|.............................Page.X.of.Y....|
I have a requirement to design a template in RTF like the one shown above. Here I wanted to place a page break as soon as the group member records are printed. And I need to print the sum (this is already stored in a tag in the XML) against Total. But, if the number of records are more than what can be accomodated in a page, I need to print "Continued.." and till it come to the last page where i can print the sum. Also, I need to display the page number right below the Total.
I have created the basic design, but I have the following issues:
I have placed the Total section in the footer and then, Page break (both with Ctrl-Enter and <?split-by-page-break:?>) doesn't seem to be working.
If i place the Total in the body section, i need to print remaining part of the body with dummy lines, otherwise, the Total will come right below the last record. I want the Total to be in the bottom of the page.
Any help in resolving this is very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Joby

This problem has been solved in 5.6.1 - you can now have a different page format
for the last page, so you could put the summary table into the footer of the last page.
Please check "Last page only content" in the 5.6.1 user guide (page 2-46)
Hope that helps,
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