RML pageNumber and pageCount not rendering

[Max (OpenERP)]

On the v7 trunk, on any generated report, the pageNumber is not rendering.

Reproduction:
1) On the version 7 runbot, give the admin user the "Technical Features" access right
2) Go to Settings > Companies > Any companies form view
3) In the header / footer tab, in the RML Header field, check that the <pageNumber /> tag is used
4) Click the "Preview header / footer" Button at the top of the record
5) Notice that no page number is rendered

The same happens for any report that is generated.
The same happens when the report is more than 1 page long.
The same happens for the pageCount tag.

[Josse Colpaert (OpenERP) (jco-openerp)]

Apparently the pageNumber tag does not work within the <place> </place> tags. I changed the footer and it will be merged in 7.0. (opw issue)

[Josse Colpaert (OpenERP) (jco-openerp)]

I wonder if the pageCount has ever worked.

[Max (OpenERP) (mmu-openerp)]

Thanks for your reply. So have you fixed the issue causing the pageNumber tag not being rendered inside the place tags? Or just changed the stock footer to not put it inside place tags?

[Josse Colpaert (OpenERP) (jco-openerp)]

qdp merged something I think without having to change the tag and pointed out pageCount:

If you write, in your footer:
<drawCentredString x="10.5cm" y="0.8cm"><pageCount/></drawCentredString>
The total number of page will be written at the exact place chosen (here x="10.5cm" y="0.8cm", x and y start from the left-down corner). Beware that if you type:
<drawCentredString x="10.5cm" y="0.8cm">Total Pages: <pageCount/></drawCentredString>
then the <pageCount/> tag will overlap with the label 'Total Pages:' (this is because the <pageCount> is filled as a final step). So make sure to have this <pageCount/> tag alone in the <drawCentredString> tag at the coordinates you'll have chosen.

[开阖软件 Jeff Wang (jeff.osbzr.com)]

Really thank you Josse, your post solved my long time headache on RML report page count