page number out total number of pages

[tedi1]

I am running CR 8.5 and dispalying my reports over the web trough ASP files. I want to display at the footer page number out of total number of pages (m of n). the problem is that till I'm getting to the last page all I'm Getting is the current page out of current page. How can I dispaly the actual number of pages?

 

[dgillz]

How are you displaying this right now? I assume you are using the special field "Page N of M" correct? Software Sales, Training and Support for Macola, Crystal Reports and Goldmine
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[synapsevampire]

I seem to recall that you may be able to correct this by placing a formula (suppress it) containing TotalPageCount in the report header, this used to force Crystal to analyze page numbers in advance.

-k

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kai@informeddatadecisions.com

 

[tedi1]

Hi,
thanx for your replays.
dgillz, yes that is the field that I'm using.

synapsevampire, I have tried your idea but with not luck. even when I put it as you told me it comes out as it was.

any more ideas?

 

[Naith]

What effect does placing

"Page " + ToText(PageNumber,0,'') + " of " + ToText(TotalPageCount,0,'')

in the page footer instead of the special field have for you?

Naith

 

[tedi1]

Thanx Naith,

but no go. I'm getting Page 1 of 4294967295.

mind that it works just fine in the CR apllication it self. the problem starts when I try to display it ovwr the web

 

[Naith]

Is it possible for you to change the viewer you're using?

 

[tedi1]

I have Changed it to the HTML viwer and it work just fine. so actualy the problem is with the ActiveX viwer

Do you know somthing about that?

 

[Naith]

Some viewers don't return any information until they have cached all the report pages. This way, the viewer knows how many pages are in the report before displaying the output to you.

Other viewers display the information as and when, which is to say that as soon as there is enough information for the first page, then the first page is returned. The subsequent pages are not cached. The ActiveX viewer works like this. The HTML viewer, as you've seen, caches.

Naith

 

[tedi1]

Isn't there any way to do somthing about it, like add some code that will go to the last page before it displays the first one?

 

[Naith]

That's what TotalPageCount is supposed to do!