Re: page n of x

[Gary Guthrie <GaryGuthrie@xxxxxxxx>]

I guess I'm not understanding. I don't see why you have to pass the
number of pages. See if I've got the scenario correct.

You spool a 3 page report so that you have

Page 1 of ~~~~
.
.
.

Page 2 of ~~~~
.
.
.

Page 3 of ~~~~


You then use the utility to get the total number of pages - now,
TotPages = 3

You then have a program that scans for ~~~~ and replaces it with
TotPages

Here's some pseudocode...


Do While NbrPagesReplaced < TotPages
  Scan and replace
  Add 1 to NbrPagesReplaced
End Do

After the third replacement, your loop ends. In other words, on page 3
you replace and your counter is equal so you quit. You don't go past the
total pages.

Gary Guthrie
REAL Solutions Technical Support
NEWS/400 Technical Editor



> 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?


James David Rich wrote:
>  
> 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.
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