Bug 167267 getParameterDisplayText does not work on MasterPage in PDF
getParameterDisplayText does not seem to work when used on MasterPage. This problem seems to be limited to ReportViewer and PDF format. Table from my testing Deployed to Tomcat View Report in Web Viewer View Report as PDF Format HTML OK OK N/A PDF FAIL FAIL OK Incidentally getParameterDisplayText works fine in all of the above cases if used in footer of table in the report body.
engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/executor/ExecutionContext.java
* get the current page number
	 * 
	 * @return current page number
	 */
	public long getPageNumber( )
	{
		return pageNumber;
	}
	/**
	 * get the total page have been created.
	 * 
	 * @return total page
	 */
	public long getTotalPage( )
	{
		return totalPage;
	}
	/**
	 * is in factory mode
	 * 
	 * @return true, factory mode, false not in factory mode
	 */
	public boolean isInFactory( )
	{
		return true;
	}
	/**
	 * is in presentation mode.
	 * 
	 * @return true, presentation mode, false otherwise