The com component will quickly tell you how many pages are in a pdf file without the need for acrobat, ideal for web sites that serve pdf content.Example .asp, vb, .asp net, cold fusion, php & vc++ code includedsimple ASP example of usage:-Set Obj = Server.CreateObject("PDFPAGECOUNT.PDFPages.1")dim pages pages = Obj.GetPages("C:yourpdf.pdf" )