[reportlab-users] Flowing onto second column

[Jim Steil]

Robin Becker wrote:

> 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.

FWIW, it works for me on FF 2.0.0.11 but not on my IE7.

    -Jim