First page without number, next - starts from 1

Hello everyone! Does anyone know how to change page numbering of the report this way: first page must be without number, the second page starts from 1 (so the whole numbering thing will be: "blank",1,2,3,....).
I searched for the answer everywhere with no positive result. I tried to use two master pages: one - for the first page - without numeration, second - for the rest pages - with numeration. The result was - "blank",2,3,4,5,...
I tried Page variables, global variables + scripts, but i'm not that smart and after all my efforts all I could get - was the equal number for all the pages o_O.
I even started to think, that it might be impossible...
I'd hugely appreciate any help on this matter! I'm using Birt 3.7.2.

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kclark

Hi tekiteki, can you post the rptdesign with the results on blank,2,3,4... with the sample db? I think you've almost got it, you may just need to subtract one on each page so I'd like to see the script you used.

tekiteki

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'kclark'" data-cid="112417" data-time="1355420587" data-date="13 December 2012 - 10:43 AM">
Hi tekiteki, can you post the rptdesign with the results on blank,2,3,4... with the sample db? I think you've almost got it, you may just need to subtract one on each page so I'd like to see the script you used. </blockquote>
 
Thank you for your reply! 
I wish it was that easy. Using some tricks (and i really don't know, why it worked) I was able to get this last night: "blank",1,2,2,2,.... o_o (I used 2 masterpages, 1 page variable, and this scripts: 
- onCreate event of footer of Master page with numbers: 
reportContext.setPageVariable("pnum","1"); 
- onPageEnd (or onPageStart, doesn't matter) of the Master page with numbers: 
if (vars["pnum"]="1") { 
reportContext.setPageVariable("pnum","2") 
} 
else if (vars["pnum"]="2") { 
reportContext.setPageVariable("pnum","3") 
} 
// "else if" - doesn't work 
 
I'm attaching 2 files, 1st - with simple using of 2 master pages and pageNumber in the footer which gives me "blank",2,3,4,...; 2nd - which gives me "blank",1,2,2,2,....