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For the total page and sheet count of all Print sections together use the merge object's
"Pagination" on page977 (see also: "merge" below).
For information about where an element is located and the counts of pages and sheets in a
page bundle - a group of sections in which the page numbering continues - use "info()" on
page963.
Field Type Description
pageCount
Number The total number of pages in this section.
pageEnd
Number
The index (1-based) of the last page in this section.
pageStart
Number The index (1-based) of the first page in this section.
sheetCount
Number The total number of sheets in this section.
sheetEnd
Number
The index (1-based) of the last sheet in this section.
sheetStart
Number
The index (1-based) of the first sheet in this section.
merge
In Control Scripts, the root level instance of the object merge is the entry point from where you
can query and change the way contexts are merged. It gives access to the template with all its
contexts and sections.
For more information about Control Scripts, see "Control Scripts" on page425 and "Control
Script API" on page917.
Some of the objects are also useful in Post Pagination Scripts; see "Post Pagination Scripts"
on page441 and "Post Pagination Script API" on page953.
For sample scripts, follow the links to the respective objects.
Field Type Description
channel "Channel" on
page950
The final output channel: EMAIL, PRINT or WEB. The
channel doesn't change when the output consists of
different contexts. When generating an email, for
example, the channel is EMAIL, even when merging
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