[reportlab-users] Simple multibuild doesn't work

[Robin Becker]

Roberto Alsina wrote:

> What's wrong with this simple program? 

> 

> Here is the code, which is basically the example from the docs, simplified, 

> and changed from build to multiBuild:

> 

> http://pastebin.com/f5ecf1e1f

> 

> Tried it with reportlab 2.3 and r3492 from svn.

> 

> If I use build() it works, with multiBuild() it fails with this exception:

> 

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 874, in multiBuild

>     self.build(tempStory, filename, canvasmaker)

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 1029, in build

>     BaseDocTemplate.build(self,flowables, canvasmaker=canvasmaker)

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 793, in build

>     self.clean_hanging()

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 428, in clean_hanging

>     self.handle_flowable(self._hanging)

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 675, in handle_flowable

>     f.apply(self)

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 132, in apply

>     getattr(doc,arn)(*args)

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 1005, in handle_pageBegin

>     self._handle_pageBegin()

>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py", 

> line 453, in handle_pageBegin

>     self.pageTemplate.onPage(self.canv,self)

> TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

> 

> 

> 

I suspect that multibuild actually requires some Indexing flowables to work.
-- 
Robin Becker