2 page number in one page

[cafko]

Hello, I am using framemaker 12. Can I put 2 separate page number counters on one page? One of them will be used as the normal book page number, the other will be used as the relevant section page number. Can you help me with this?

[FrameMaker-dk]

I am not sure I understand the question properly. You can ofcourse have a standard page number going from 1 to the very end. And  you can control how this number is expressed using the books numbering features, making it for instance use roman numbering or characters depending the chapter. But what I need to understand better is how you imagine "relevant section page number." works? What would it look like?

[cafko]

For example, there will be a normal book number in the lower right corner. There will also be a second page number in the upper right corner on the same page. But this page number starts with 1 at the beginning of the chapter and will continue. One page number on the first page will indicate one, while the other will indicate which page of the book it is. I hope I could explain.

[frameexpert]

There is no built-in way of doing this, but you could use a Current Page Number variable for the consecutive page numbering, and then use Running H/F markers (one for each page) with the current section number page. You would have to insert the markers manually on each page, but this could certainly be scripted.

[Bob_Niland]

You can add a separate text frame to the Master Page(s), with a Flow letter different than "A", perhaps "Flow P".

It could be 1 line high.
The text in it would just be an auto-numbered paragraph, perhaps of stylename FilePage, with an AN Definition of <n+>, with Next Para set to FilePage. It may not be necessary to have a separate <n=1> variant.

As content pages are created/added, just hit [Return] in the little text frame to have a number appear.

This content can be visible or not in the final work, using Color Views or Conditional Text. The number can be Cross-Referenced as needed for in-line mention or hyperptext.

It's a bit hacky, but seems to work.

Hitting [Return] in that text frame can crate new empty pages. Where unwanted, just backspace them out & save.