Mary,
I have done something similar in the past.
No Tcl.
You will need your own destination repetition counter.
You will need a counter to count the number of lines.
At the beginning of your Xlate copy =0 to your own repetition counter (since the OBX is a group normally probably a %gnn). I like to use 99 as a starting point for my counters (hence %g99). That give me a visual hint this is probably my counter and not one owned by an ITERATE.
This would be COPY =0 –> $%g99 (note the $ in front of the %g99).
Copy =0 to your line counter (a temp variable of your naming – let’s say @line_cnt for this example).
ITERATE over the OBX (typically a group) – let’s say %g1 is the counter used in this ITERATE.
Inside the ITERATE:
COPY …(%g1).OBX… –> …(%g99).OBX… (or use PATHCOPY same address pathing – note the use of %g99 for the destination).
MATH ADD =1 @line_cnt –> @line_cnt (increment the line counter so we can tell when we have another 55 OBXs)
Check @line_cnt equal 55
Yes – MATH ADD =1 $%g99 –> $%g99
Above we are incrementing our repetition counter again note the $ in front of the %g99.
COPY =%PAGE% –> …(%g99).OBX… This gets the value to the next OBX
COPY =0 to @line_cnt (reset the line counter) because we have reached 55 and want to be ready for the next
Else
MATH ADD =1 $%g99 –> $%g99 (increment our repetition counter for the next OBX).
The above is the essentials of what needs to be done taken from memory – you may need to tweak it somewhat.
The main thing is to have confidence this can be done inside the Xlate.
By the way, there is a prescribed notation in HL/7 for indicating new page involving the use of the escape character.
email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.
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