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# footer Attribute

Specifies the footer text when printing a view.

## Type

    xsd:string

## Remarks

The footer attribute is an optional attribute of the printSettings element. The printSettings element also provides a header attribute.

The footer attribute cannot be greater than 255 characters in length.

When using a header or footer in a form, there are a number of variables that can be used to display information such as page numbers, dates, and times; or to align the text that the header or footer contains.

Header and footer variables

Characters | Description
--- | ---
&w | The title of the window.
&u | The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the page.
&d | The date in short format as specified by the regional settings in Control Panel.
&D | The date in long format as specified by the regional settings in Control Panel.
&t | The time in the format as specified by regional settings in Control Panel.
&T | The time in 24-hour format.
&p | The current page number.
&P | The total number of pages.
&b | Right-aligned text (following &b).
&b&b | Centered text (between &b&b).
&& | A single ampersand (&).

## Example

The following is an example of the footer attribute as it is used in the printSettings element:

    <xsf:view name="View" caption="View">
       <xsf:printSettings
          header="Header text goes here."
          footer="Footer text goes here."
          orientation="portrait"
          marginUnitsType="in"
          topMargin="1"
          leftMargin="2"
          rightMargin="2"
          bottomMargin="1"
       </xsf:printSettings>
       ...
    </xsf:view>

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