[reportlab-users] Flowing onto second column

[Robin Becker]

Tim Roberts wrote:

> Robin Becker wrote:

>> Tim Roberts wrote:

>>> Jim Steil wrote:

>>>>

>>>> Is there an easy way to get data to flow to a second column the way 

>>>> you can get it to flow to multiple pages with Platypus?

>>>

>>> Sure.  You just create multiple frames, one for each column, and add 

>>> the collection of frames when you create the PageTemplate.

>>>

>>> Here's a web page that shows an example:

>>>    http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/?ART=558

>>>

>> interestingly this link crashes my firefox immediately. can you say 

>> waht it does? Seems to be adobe linked ie acrobat starts and firefox 

>> immediately exits.

> 

> Are you saying that exact link crashes for you?  I use Firefox (2.0.0.12 

> on Windows) full time.  That's how I found the page.  Works fine for 

> me.  I have Acrobat 8 installed.  I know there were some bugs with 

> Firefox and Acrobat Reader 7, but I thought they had been worked out.

> 

> It does have an <embed> tag for a PDF chunk; I don't remember seeing 

> that used before.

> 

I have 2.0.0.12 as well on an XP box. It crashes immediately after 
starting up acrobat. I even used wget and pointed at it locally; still 
bailed. I'm fairly sure I have Acrobat 7 installed.

I have just tried this at home (where I am now) and it also crashed my 
firefox here; again win xp sp 2.
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Robin Becker