[reportlab-users] flowables getting rendered outside of their frames

[Tim]

Hi,
I am using Reportlab 2.1 under Python 2.5 on WindowsXP.

I've got a page setup where I format my data into a table of tables. 
These are then fed into the page.

I have three possible frames to render material into (I'm selecting them 
before runtime):
a top frame, a left frame, and a right frame.  The top frame is such 
that it spans the width of the left and right frame.

It's sortof like the shape: "TT"  with the upper component being a 
single frame.

If I place my flowables into a template with the left and right frame 
only, it appears as I expect.  However, if I include the top frame, with 
any permutation of the other frames, I get very bizarre results--the 
contents of the top frame appear as expected, but the content in the 
lower frames will not be rendered in the frames.

Remember that my data is formatted into a table of tables.  The top 
frame is only meant to hold one subtable.  If I put a framebreak 
immediately after flowing in that subtable, I get the intended results. 
  But I would expect the same without the framebreak--as there is not 
enough room for two of these tables, the next table should get rendered 
inside of the left or right frames.

Why would not putting in the framebreak cause tables in other frames to 
get rendered outside of their frames?  Aren't frames independent of each 
other?  Any thoughts?  Any debugging tips?  Being able to render the 
outline of the frames helps a lot--but as they're now flowing out of the 
frames I'm lost in the weeds.

Thanks,
Tim
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