[reportlab-users] splitByRow

[jonas wustrack]

Thanks for pointing this out. This feature has never been implemented
so currently tables can only be split by row.
The documentation is now fixed in the repository.

--
Jonas

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Adrian Klaver <aklaver at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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

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-- 
Jonas