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1647434 - How to set first page of report to have page number higher than 1

Symptom

  • A report needs to start with page number 5
  • Another report will have pages 1 to 4
  • The two reports will be added to a larger PDF and merged using Adobe APIs at a later time

 

  • NOTE: There is no Crystal Reports APIs or SDKs that will merge two PDF documents

 

Environment

  • Crystal reports 2008 (12.x)

Resolution

  • The following formula will have page number "5" as the first page
//@PageNumberFormula
NumberVar startNum := 5;
"Page " + ToText((PageNumber + startNum), 0) +
" of " + ToText((TotalPageCount + startNum), 0)

Keywords

begin 1st count counter , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , How To

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011, feature pack 03 ; SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio