RE: Page x of n

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Does anyone have a decent solution for this?
>I am using APF spool files with an overlay.

Two years ago there was a flurry of comments on this, and it boiled down to
several approaches that I remember (there may be more):
1) Run the job twice.  Once to total
   up the pages and store the total
   somewhere.  Once to actually print
   the report and have the proper
   'of x' count.
2) Run the job once to create a text-only
   version of the print, counting the pages
   and putting in 'place holders' for the page
   numbers.  Copy that to a PF and read it with
   another program that merges in your AFP, the
   text data from the first pass and replaces
   the place holders with the actual page count.

I am using the second approach, because:
o the data I read can change during the brief interval
  between pass 1 and pass 2
o I can send the PF to a print vendor and make
  them deal with the imagery
o I can archive the PF and merge updated graphics
  or current graphics when doing a reprint of the
  bill.

  --buck