Re: [hylafax-users] Coverpage reports double number of pages for WHFC 1.0.8 faxing a 'ps' file created by a2ps

[Ulrich Eckhardt <Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de>]

KAbrahamsen@wrightgroup.com wrote:
> 
> I was doing some testing with this ascii text file converting it to
> postscript via 'a2ps'. When I fax this postscript file directly with WHFC
> 1.0.8 using the yellow 'Send A Fax' button, the fax is sent properly but the
> Cover Page reports 8 pages rather than only the 4 which exist. When I have
> faxed postscript files created with other tools, using the yellow 'Send A
> Fax' button method, the number of pages is always reported correctly. In
> general, how does WHFC determine the number of pages for the fax? This may
> be due to the modifications I made to the cover page, so if I know *how* the
> cover page count is determined, I can review my coverpage accordingly and/or
> determine what's wrong with the 'a2ps' file converter.
> showpage

Hi,

whfc uses the following code fragment to specify the number of
pages :

while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1, fp) != NULL) {
  if (!strncmp(buffer, "%%Page:", 7)) {
    npagecom++;
  }
  else 
    if (sscanf(buffer, "%%%%Pages: %u", &n) == 1) {
      npagecom = n;
      TRACE("Page = %d\n",n);
    }
}
          
it counts either all lines which have a %%Page: or try to get a number
from the %%Pages: tag

In your document you have first a %%Pages: 4 and later for every page
a %%Page, so whfc starts with the npagecom variable preset to 4 and then
count up for every page.  

Seems to be a undocumented feature of WHFC ;-)

Uli
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