InDesign Autoflow/Page Script

First off, I'm fairly new to scripting and InDesign all together. I am trying to edit a CS2 VBScript that extracts the page number/part number from tables on multiple pages. The tables can span from 1 to 20 pages. The problem I'm running into is the larger tables that autoflow and span the multiple pages show the original/starting page number for all the parts.
So my question is there a way to have Autoflow check for Page Breaks in the Tables? Hopefully I'm making sense. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

myTF = myCell.Texts.Item(1).ParentTextFrames.item(1)
myPage = myTF.Parent
myPageName = myPage.Name
robin
www.adobescripts.com

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