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#19985 - 09/07/06 04:24 PM Variable Page Count
Centene Corp Offline
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Registered: 04/06/04
Posts: 19
Here is the deal.

I have a 30 page document with the 28th page being variable. On the bottom of each page I have 1 of 30, 2 of 30, 3 of 30 etc... With the 28th page being static page 28 might duplicate itself a variable amount of times. So if page 28 duplicates its self 4 times I want the page count on the bottom of each page to say 1 of 34, 2 of 34, 3 of 34, etc.... What do I need to do?

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#19986 - 09/07/06 04:31 PM Re: Variable Page Count
Anonymous
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Is there any way for you to know on the first page that the 28th will overflow, and for how many pages?

Are you using PlanetPress Watch?

With answers to these questions I can give you a better answer.

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#19987 - 09/07/06 04:58 PM Re: Variable Page Count
Centene Corp Offline
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Registered: 04/06/04
Posts: 19
We are running all of this through Form Design. We are grabbing the data using a Access Database. There is no way for me to know how many pages I will have while they are run.

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#19988 - 09/08/06 09:20 AM Re: Variable Page Count
Anonymous
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Since you are using a database query, there may be a way to know how many pages you need by using the subreccount function. By knowing how many entries fit on a page and the number of records for a customer, you can determine the number of pages needed.

As an example, say you are printing invoices. The query would be set to separate pages when the client changes, so that all items purchased by the customer are in the datapage. You can print 15 items per page, so 50 items would need (50 / 15) = 3.25 thus will need 4 pages.

The document would contain all 30 pages, with the 28th page using the overflow feature.

Hope this helps

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