[reportlab-users] How to split table that is too wide

[Robin Becker]

Markus Meyer wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> the user guide tells on page 71 about tables, that "for very wide 
> tables, they can also split 'by column'. You can choose whether tou want 
> to split down-and-across or across-and-down". However, I don't see 
> anywhere how this functionality is activated. I have tried to set the 
> "splitByRow" parameter to the Table constructor, or set the "canSplit" 
> attribute of the instance to 1, but the table is still centered on the 
> page, with the left and right part cut off. Anyone knows how I could 
> activate this feature?
> 
> Btw, this is ReportLab 1.20, on both Windows and Linux; sample code is 
> attached.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Markus
sorry, but it's an untruth. We intended to support splitting by column, but it 
never got done.
-- 
Robin Becker