Hi,
We have a project we're working on where we're outputting reminder letters. We have a custom barcode that's needed for our mail inserter to figure out how many pages go in each envelope. We have a daily file with a large number of records, and each record will have a main body page, possibly an additional overflow page, and possibly 1-10 additional inserts. (We actually have 10 pages set up in the document for each of the potential inserts.)
The inserter needs a particular format to do it's job so we need to set up the barcode with a sequential numbering system that uses a rule to determine:
That page's count in the overall run
That page's count in the record.
So example of how the barcodes need to be show on each page:
TotalRunPageNumber RecordPageNumber
Example with 5 records:
First Record has Main Body Page and One Insert
00001001 <-- First Record Main Body Page
00002002 <-- First Record Insert
Second Record has Main Body Page, Overflow Page, and One Insert
00003001 <-- Main Body Page
00004002 <-- Overflow Page
00005003 <-- Insert 1
Third Record has Main Body Page only
00006001 <-- Main Body Page
Fourth Record has Main Body Page, Overflow Page, Insert 1, Insert 2, Insert 3
00007001 <-- Main Body
00008002 <-- Overflow
00009003 <--Insert
00010004 <--Insert
00011005 <--Insert
Fifth Record has Main Body Page only
00012001 <-- Main Body
Again, first five digits = Page count in run
Next three digits = Page count in record
So is there a way to create a rule on record end, or job end, that can handle this? Just needs to be able to determine the page's count in the entire run, and then the page count within the record itself, and generate this sequential numbering system throughout the run?