Re: NUMBER OF PAGES IN A REPORT

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:21:54 -0600 (CST), Luis Carlos D'az Otero <lucadiote@yahoo.com> wrote: >Is there a way in 4GL, to get the total number of pages a report has? > I get the current page number: PAGENO , but i need to print, on every page its length in pages. > > > i.e. > > .... > ... > ... > PAGE HEADER > PRINT "Page No. ",PAGENO," of ",Total_number_of_pages > ... > ... > ... > > Thanks a lot > I've tried this before, but don't remember if it worked . . . and it took a UNIX command at the end . . . . had to use a placeholder . . . for each page header . . . print "Page ", PAGENO, " of TOTAL_PAGES" then at the end of the program . . . . find the last page number replace TOTAL_PAGES with this number in the report Rough sketch . . .. HTH JWC