[reportlab-users] splitByRow

[Adrian Klaver]

ReportLab 2.2
I seem to not understand the splitByRow argument to Table(). If I set it to 0 
for a  table that is too tall and wide for the page I get the following 
traceback. If I set it to 1 then the doc fails to build unless the columns 
fit within the page width then the table splits between rows. It seems at 
present tables can only split by row, not by column. This is contrary to what 
the documentation says;

"For very wide tables, they can also split 'by column'. You can choose whether 
tou(sic) want to split down-and-across or across-and-down"

Am I missing something?


<type 'exceptions.NotImplementedError'>   Traceback (most recent call last)

/home/aklaver/software_projects/production_database/python_code/<ipython 
console> in <module>()

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py in 
build(self, flowables, onFirstPage, onLaterPages, canvasmaker)
    985         if onLaterPages is _doNothing and 
hasattr(self,'onLaterPages'):
    986             self.pageTemplates[1].beforeDrawPage = self.onLaterPages
--> 987         BaseDocTemplate.build(self,flowables, canvasmaker=canvasmaker)
    988
    989 def progressCB(typ, value):

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py in 
build(self, flowables, filename, canvasmaker)
    754                 try:
    755                     first = flowables[0]
--> 756                     self.handle_flowable(flowables)
    757                     handled += 1
    758                 except:

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py in 
handle_flowable(self, flowables)
    655                 if self.allowSplitting:
    656                     # see if this is a splittable thing
--> 657                     S = frame.split(f,canv)
    658                     n = len(S)
    659                 else:

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/frames.py in split(self, 
flowable, canv)
    196                 s = max(s-self._prevASpace,0)
    197         flowable.canv = canv    #some flowables might need this
--> 198         r = flowable.split(self._aW, y-p-s)
    199         del flowable.canv
    200         return r

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/tables.py in split(self, 
availWidth, availHeight)
   1271             return self._splitRows(availHeight)
   1272         else:
-> 1273             raise NotImplementedError
   1274
   1275     def draw(self):

<type 'exceptions.NotImplementedError'>:

Thanks,
-- 
Adrian Klaver
aklaver at comcast.net