Get Page Count of PDF using Publication Post Processing Plugin

Hi,
I am using the publiching functionality of BOXI 3.1 to create a large volume of PDFs. I have a report that I am publishing using a publication with a post processing plugin applied after distribution. I need to get the total page count of the pdf and store this value in the database. Becuase I am already using a post processing plugin after distribution, it would be ideal to extract it there...but I cannot figure out how to get the value at this point.
Currently we parse the actual binary pdf file, but I know that Crystal and BOXI know this total page count and some point in the processing cycle. Does anyone know how to get at the total page count of each pdf/report instance?
Thanks,
Kristina

I would post-process the PDF file as you're doing.
The total page count isn't metadata - it's something computable from the report instance, that is lost after the PDF is generated.
Trying to work with that would lead to a more complex workflow - i.e., schedule to report format, open the report instance using a reporting SDK, calculate the total page count, export using the reporting SDK to PDF, add the PDF to the publication artifact and remove the report instance, other steps I may have missed....
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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