Re: Re: page n of x

Absolutely correct.
Which is why I suggested "pre-determined lines per page"
and given that there were no additional criteria mentioned
I offered a "simple calc".

Have a good one,

Norm

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2000 21:28
Subject: RE: Re: page n of x


> Why is it that when explaining how there are 50 lines per page and total
> pages equals total records divided by lines per page, no one has taken
> subtotals or level break behavior into account?  If you print subtotals,
> they also take up space on the printed page.  The arithmetic to calculate
> the number of pages including subtotals and unusual behavior at level
breaks
> such as skip to top of form makes this calculation rather challenging.  If
> you run the report first just to get the total page count, the data could
> change during the first run and the second run and make the total number
of
> pages captured from the first run wrong.  There are only two ways to do
this
>
> a. the post-processing technique someone described with the tildes ~~~~~
> always gives the right answer.
>
> b. you can compute a number in advance then print "page X of roughly Y
> pages"
>
> Richard Jackson
> mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
> http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
> Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
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>
>
> Easy enough though, you must know the total number of records to be
printed
> and just do the maths based on pre-determined lines per page.
>
> Simple calc: 400 records to print divided by 50 lines per page gives you
the
> total number of pages.
>
> Have a good one,
>
> Norm
>

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