How to retrieve page number of a page

Question

Hi
I need to retrieve page numbers that have been placed on InDesign pages. However these page numbers are autogenerated based on markers (formula) created using a master page. (Insert special characters -> markers).
When i try to retrieve page items on a page, I am not able to get the page number item. If I try to get the pageitem corresponding to the page number from the master page, I get back the marker but not the page number that exists on my page.
I am wondering if there is any way I can retrieve the page number on a given page using the SDK
many thanks
Sam

Answer 1

Hi
Thanks a lot for the quick reply.. For my usecase i now realize i have a different sort of problem.
I am trying to take snapshot of pageitems on a page (using snapshotUtils sample). Now since the page number marker comes from the master page, when i take the snapshot of the page number item on my page,  this page item exists on the master page. On the master page, this pagenumber does not contain the actual page number but the marker text in it. So mysnapshot gives me the image of the marker text rather than the page number. I am wondering what I can do to basically get a snapshot of a page item which comes from a marker on the master page
Thus on my master page i have a text box with Pagenumber: "Marker A" for page number
on my page, I want to take snapshot of  Pagenumber:10 which is what gets displayed on my page
However when i take snapshot, since i am taking snapshot of master page item, i get Pagenumber: Marker A as my snapshot
thanks
Sam
Here is my code snippet for what I am doing
InterfacePtr<IMasterPage>   masterPage(currentDocumentDataBase, pageUID, UseDefaultIID());
  if(masterPage  !=  nil)
      UID masterSpreadUID = masterPage->GetMasterPageUID();
        uint16 masterPageIndex = masterPage->GetMasterIndex();
       //get the  master  spread
        InterfacePtr<ISpread>   masterSpread( currentDocumentDataBase, masterSpreadUID, UseDefaultIID()  );
       if(masterSpread   != nil)
                UIDList masterPageItems( currentDocumentDataBase );
                   masterSpread->GetItemsOnPage(masterPageIndex,   &masterPageItems, kFalse, kFalse);
The problem is  that  SnapShotUtilsEx captures the item as it appears on the master page, not  on  the current page.  So thing like page markers are wrong.
thanks