Re: page n of x

[James David Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Gary Guthrie wrote:

> Rather than worry about the size of the user space, why not increment a
> counter each time you make a replacment (increment after the
> replacement) and compare the counter to the number of pages. When
> they're equal, you're finished.
> 
> Will that be suitable?

I want to detect when I am at the end of the report without having to pass
the number of pages.  But I guess I could use something like
GetSpoolFileAttributes() and find out how many pages there are.

> P.S. - Please be aware that the code was for a series of articles. It
> was sample code only. I mention this because it doesn't handle a
> situation where the spooled file is so large it won't fit in one user
> space. Of course, that's a pretty hefty spooled file usually. If you
> need to work with these gigantic spooled files, you'll need to modify
> the utility to work with multiple user spaces. Enjoy.

Yes, I thought about that.  Right now it is not a problem.  We'll see if I
need to handle such a case.

James Rich
james@dansfoods.com

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