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tfpagelife
Description
Sets the number of new pages to which a frame will be copied via the autocopy action in a format operation.
Syntax
tfpagelife num:n
tfpagelife
[no parameter]
Invoke the Page Life dialog box.
num
The number of pages
Additional Information
An autocopy action can also be set to copy frames to new pages continuously until a kill command is encountered, using the syntax <?frame kill "fname">. If this is the case, set the page life to a large value, for example, 99999.
 
If a kill command is the first thing on a page, the frame will be killed on that page and all remaining pages. If the kill command is not first on the page, the frame will still be created on that page and killed on all subsequent pages. If a frame is created and killed immediately, it will appear on that page, but not any subsequent pages.
Another command, a page kill command, will kill a frame only on the page that contains the command using the syntax <?frame page-kill "fname">. This will only work if the frame has a page life set.