Is it possible to generate QR codes in InDesign using Current Page Number?

[Perthdave74]

Rather than generate numbers in Excel and export them as CSV files, I wanted to see if I could remove a step of the process for creating QR codes out of InDesign.

I was hoping to re-number pages and add prefixes to the page numbers, so for example, I could have "AAA080501". I would setup a text page on the master page with a marker for 'Current Page Number'. I would then add 999 pages to my document so that the page numbers would span from AAA080501 to AAA08150. But how can I get the in-built QR code generator to read from the Current Page Number marker on the master page to generate a code?

So I tried another method: using the inbuilt QR code generator under the Object menu, but there is no option to place in a special chatacter marker for current page number.

I asked ChatGPT if it was possible, and it gave me comprehensive instructions on how to do it, but it added fictional options which aren't available in InDesign, although the AI does understand what it is that I'm trying to achieve.

Is it possible?

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[m1b]

That's right. That's what David is doing.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Then why the need for the page name / number - if it can be incorporated in Excel? 

[m1b]

The page numbers are significant to David's project. He's just using Excel > Indesign Data Merge as a convenient way of generating the QR codes quickly.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Significant how? 

For  me - he is just having one QR code per page - so this can be done in Excel?