Macros, Ruby and page numbering hell

[agentiskb]

My company numbers drawings where (ideally) Layout Page 1 shows the number "1" and all subsequent pages show 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.  I think this may not be possible.The last option I tried was this:

Anyone good at this that sees the error????? TIA

 

 

# Finds a page-like index by probing the owner chain (works with classes like NVPublisher)
def detect_page_index(obj)
  o = obj
  0.upto(6) do
    break unless o
    # Try common method names first
    [:page_number, :page, :sheet_number, :sheet, :index].each do |m|
      if o.respond_to?(m)
        begin
          v = o.send(m)
          vi = v.is_a?(Integer) ? v : (v.respond_to?(:to_i) ? v.to_i : nil)
          return vi if vi && vi >= 0 && vi < 1000
        rescue
        end
      end
    end
    # Fallback: scan any method that looks page-ish
    pageish = o.methods.grep(/page|sheet|index|number/i).reject { |m| m.to_s.end_with?('=') }
    pageish.each do |m|
      begin
        v = o.send(m)
        vi = v.is_a?(Integer) ? v : (v.respond_to?(:to_i) ? v.to_i : nil)
        return vi if vi && vi >= 0 && vi < 1000
      rescue
      end
    end
    o = o.respond_to?(:owner) ? o.owner : nil
  end
  0
end

pn = (defined?(owner) && owner) ? detect_page_index(owner) : 0

# Your mapping:
# 0 -> "0"
# 1 -> "1"
# 2 -> "1.1"
# 3 -> "1.2" ...
if pn <= 0
  "0"
elsif pn == 1
  "1"                        # no trailing .0 on page 1
else
  val = 1.0 + 0.1 * (pn - 1)
  format('%.1f', val)
end
 

 

[JKEdmo]

May be simpler solution...

 

Does this work for you?  Add "#" after manual text "A-1.".  The "#" will tell Chief to auto update the sheet number.

 

[agentiskb]

I'll give it a try, thanks!!