Page Filter Converter

Parses and verifies user-entered page filtering criteria.

Remarks

Page numbers may be entered as a comma-separated list of positive or negative numbers. A positive number indicates a 1-based page number starting at the beginning of the document. A negative number indicates a 1-based page number starting at the end of the document and counting backwards. For example, -1 indicates the last page in the document, -2 represents the second-to-last page, and so on.

Below are various examples of the way page filters can be specified. These examples assume a document containing 10 pages.

Property Value	Description
1	The first page.
1 to 5	The first 5 pages.
-1	The last page.
-5 to -1	The last 5 pages.
1 to 2, -2 to -1	The first two pages and the last 2 pages.
1, -1	The first and last pages.
1, 2, 4	Pages 1, 2, and 4.
1, 2, -1	Pages 1 and 2, plus the last page of the document.
1, 4 to 6	Pages 1, 4, 5, and 6.
1 to -2	All but the last page of the document.

Derived Types

There are 1 implementations of Page Filter Converter.

Line Filter Converter

Parses and verifies user-entered line filtering criteria.