Re: Print Total Pages in Report

[Kevin H <kevinh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Speaking subject to correction,

CPYSPLF to a physical file does not handle non-text data (barcodes, postal 
codes etc).
Thatever it does not handle, I believe there is a limitation there.

However, there is an API <I think> that copies spool-file data out of the 
spoolfile,
is quicker to process, and possible will not have as many limitations as 
CPYSPLF.

I am basing this on discussions I have had with people,
am stating it subject to correction,
and promise not to take it personally should i get attacked on this posting.

hope this helps.
kmh


At 11:12 AM 02/09/2001, you wrote:
>The best solution is going to be dependent upon the number of reads 
>required to
>produce a line on your report, and how many reports you require to show this
>info on. I personally like the technique of generating the spool file as
>before, retrieving total no of pages at the end, then copy this to a database
>file via CPYSPLF, read through the data base file, and append xxxx after the
>page xxxx of text, then copy the database file back to print. This methodology
>means don't have to amend any of your report programs, you just have to run
>this process straight after any jobs run that require the number of pages 
>to be
>reported.
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