>which is the fastest way to find number of pages in a report
The *fastest* way is to use a record count and mod function, etc, to calculate, but only if the pages are fixed in # records.
The common way, though, is to run report twice, once to file to get _pageno count, then again to actually print...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.