Re: Print Total Pages in Report

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxx>]

BillsVilla@aol.com wrote:

> Wow ... why not just take the total number of records to be processed and 
> divide it by the number of records printed to a page?
> 
> Of course you will have to do it before the first heading line is printed. 
> Not exactly rocket science but i like to keep it simple for the next guy.

1) Because there might not be a one-to-one correlation between records and 
print lines (i.e.,
some records may cause more than 1 line to print).
 
2) Report breaks causing subheadings.

3) Report breaks causing page breaks.

4) Sometimes page breaks may cause page numbering to restart. 

-- 
-Jeff
The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily 
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.
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