[Continuous Page Count]

Ok, rephrasing a previous question because I wasn't getting a response.

 

We will be outputting individual PDFs from numerous records in one file. Each PDF will have a varying amount of pages (Anywhere from 1-10). There is a main body page and an overflow page to capture overflow text from that main body. This is what will generate additional pages.

 

We need a page counter that will put the page's number in the entire batch, not the individual PDF.

 

So record one generates a 2 page PDF (numbered page 1 and page 2). Record 2 generates a 5 page PDF (numbered page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6, and page 7).

 

How can we do this?

[Batch Page Count and Record Page Count]

Ok, at this point we have most of this figured out. The one piece we're missing is a method for counting consecutive pages in a batch where each record might have a different/varying number of pages.

 

Can anyone help with that?

 

So again, we can easily count the page numbers in a record, but we just need a way to have that page's number count for the entire run.

[Batch Page Count and Record Page Count]

Hi,

 

We have a project we're working on where we're outputting reminder letters. We have a custom barcode that's needed for our mail inserter to figure out how many pages go in each envelope. We have a daily file with a large number of records, and each record will have a main body page, possibly an additional overflow page, and possibly 1-10 additional inserts. (We actually have 10 pages set up in the document for each of the potential inserts.)

 

The inserter needs a particular format to do it's job so we need to set up the barcode with a sequential numbering system that uses a rule to determine:

 

That page's count in the overall run

That page's count in the record.

 

 

So example of how the barcodes need to be show on each page:

 

TotalRunPageNumber RecordPageNumber

 

Example with 5 records:

 

 

First Record has Main Body Page and One Insert

 

00001001 <-- First Record Main Body Page

00002002 <-- First Record Insert

 

Second Record has Main Body Page, Overflow Page, and One Insert

 

00003001 <-- Main Body Page

00004002 <-- Overflow Page

00005003 <-- Insert 1

 

Third Record has Main Body Page only

 

00006001 <-- Main Body Page

 

Fourth Record has Main Body Page, Overflow Page, Insert 1, Insert 2, Insert 3

 

00007001 <-- Main Body

00008002 <-- Overflow

00009003 <--Insert

00010004 <--Insert

00011005 <--Insert

 

Fifth Record has Main Body Page only

 

00012001 <-- Main Body

 

 

Again, first five digits = Page count in run

Next three digits = Page count in record

 

So is there a way to create a rule on record end, or job end, that can handle this? Just needs to be able to determine the page's count in the entire run, and then the page count within the record itself, and generate this sequential numbering system throughout the run?