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Is there any way to insert the current page number and/or the total number of pages of a certain chapter onto a page - via a variable or a script function ?

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

The following code will store the name of the current page in string format (i.e; Page 1) to a variable named pagename:



The following code will store the number of pages in the current chapter to a variable named pagecount:



I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.

Kind regards,

Thanks Robin !

I can use the second part to get the number of pages in a chapter but is there anyway I can get the position of the page I am on into a variable, like e.g. page 4 of 15

I looked up the script help but there is no function that does this .

Hi Klaus,

Thank you for your reply.

Please try the following syntax:



Now simply create a text object on the page and insert the display variable (you will need to create this as a publication variable).

The attached publication demonstrates the result.

Kind regards,

Thank's Robin for your quick support - as always

Please correct me if I'm wrong but the GetPageNumber() function applies to all the pages in a publication, so if I would want the current page number of a chapter I'd have to deduct the number of previous pages and place this somewhere into a variable - or is there an easier way I'm not thinking of ??

Klaus..
If you making use of master pages, to ensure that the page counts are correct, you would need to create a chapter that will hold these and any other pages that will not be part of the publication.
At publish of-course, the chapter will not be accessed via goto page/forward etc etc..

This applies to code
var_Pagecount = this.GetParent().GetNumberChildren()
where master page(s) will be counted in as children.

Hi Klaus,

The following syntax should resolve the problem:



Kind regards,

Thanks for the code. I'll give it a try