RTF Template Version Control

Hi,
I would be interested to know how people are handling version control of their RTF templates.
As far as I can tell you can't pass the Author / Title / Subject / Keywords fields to the published PDF document properties. This would be the ideal place to store a version number.
I have templates in 3 different environments and it would be really useful to be able to tell from which version of the template documents are generated. At the moment other than printing the version somewhere on the output I can't find a good way of doing it.
The only 'invisible' option I have found is putting the version number in a white font (assuming the background is white). Then it is not visible to the end user but can be copied (via text selection) and then viewed. However since documents are laid out differently it will be difficult to have a standard location for this so it can be easily found.
Thanks
Paul

Hi Brandy,
I totally agree with you. This has been on our wishlist forever....
Thanks for bringn this up!
- Pamela

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<[email protected]> wrote:
>yes, the use of child page comments in a template file is
probably the
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>
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Please refer to the Metalink Doc below:
Subject:      Page Break In XML Publisher RTF Templates Are Not Working.
Doc ID:      559111.1
Type:      PROBLEM
Modified Date:      24-MAR-2008
Status:      MODERATED
In this Document
Symptoms
Cause
Solution
References
This document is being delivered to you via Oracle Support's Rapid Visibility (RaV) process, and therefore has not been subject to an independent technical review.
Applies to:
Oracle XML Publisher - Version: 5.6.3
This problem can occur on any platform.
Symptoms
Using XML Publisher version 5.6.3 in 11.5.10.
Find <?split-by-page-break:?> syntax is ignored.
EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
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STEPS
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Cause
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Solution
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References
Bug 6165466 - XDOFX:CHR(N) FUNCTION FAILING
Keywords
XML~PUBLISHER; LOOP; DYNAMIC~GROUP; PAGE~BREAK;
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Hi JDev,
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