Can I automatically generate a code # in word?

Question

I have a two page questionnaire in word. I would like to generate a code for each questionnaire and place it on the top of the page. So:

P1_________Code#####__________________...

Answer 1

Couldn't you just use the header/footer? Create a customHeader and insert the page number for your code number?  You can start your page number from any random number, but from there it will be sequential

P1________________Code(PageNumber)____...

I just googled:

word header footer custom page number

Answer 2

Yes you can write a script in language like perl ,etc.