Can you determine the number of pages a Crystal Report will print to?

Question

A 3rd party application prints letters using Crystal Reports.

Our in-house style requires a footer graphic (approx 1.5 inches deep) at the bottom of the first page in any letter sent out.

Is there any way to determine the cut off point for the report detail sections that will always print the footer on the first page?

Some detail sections are either/or, some are optional and some are required.

There doesn't seem to be a mechanism for calculating the page length used if the maximum section length is chosen.

Is this a peculiarity of the way Crystal works or am I missing something?

Answer 1

You can put the graphic in the page footer. Add a suppress formula to the page footer

pagenumber <> 1

If you need a page footer for the other pages, you can add another page footer section below the first.