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Re: Number of Pages in a .ps file

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From: Donald Volent
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:02
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Ok, Aandi,

I checked, and my files ARE DCS compliant, as the top of the file looks like:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Title: (Microsoft Word - HO04010693.doc)
%%Version: 1 3
%%Creator: (AdobePS5.dll Version 5.2)
%%CreationDate: (D:20021002082804-04'00')
%%DocumentData: Clean7Bit
%%LanguageLevel: 2
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
%%Pages: 1

Thus, this being so, how would I grab that page count, as it's in a comment(?)

As for your question about where I put the code for counting pages:

I define a PageCount, and an "IncrementPageCount" procedure (which I got from you, incidentally), and I call it from a redefined showpage, like so:

passthrough('/PageCount {1} def')
passthrough('/IncrementPageCount
  {/PageCount PageCount 1 add store}
  store')
passthrough('/showpage {true
  &NoMoreEndorsements eq NumberOfPages
  NumberOfPages eq and {PrintLastPsOmr}
  {PrintPsOmr} ifelse OmrShow
  IncrementPageCount} def')

This is "passed through" in our PlanetPress software in a beginning module, so that when we call the .ps files, the definitions and redefinitions are already resident and kick into action whenever a showpage is encountered.

Thanks,

Don Volent
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