[reportlab-users] table of contents for long report

[George Kappel]

> > ? is can I somehow make a table of contents at the 

> beginning of the report.

> > This is not pdf bookmarks but a printable table of 

> contents.  I am currently

> > creating the table of contents on a seperate canvas but it 

> is saved to

> > different output file.  Ideally this would be all generated 

> into 1 file.

> >  

> > Sorry if I missed something obvious, I have reviewed all the docs.

> >  

> > Great product so far

> > 

> .......

> George there are a couple of tests related to this, 

> test_platypus_toc.py 

> & test_platypus_toc.py. When run the pdfoutput should indicate the 

> capabilities for toc and pdf bookmarks etc etc.

> -- 

> Robin Becker


Thanks for the info, I am not using Platypus, just canvas.  I will look at
Platypus some more but it looks like the table of contents feature requires
multiple passes of the "Story" so I would be a little concerned with
performance since this is a 1,000+ page report