[reportlab-users] Using fixed frames for some parts of the page

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

I'm using a class derived from PageTemplate and defining its frames in
the init portion. However, I want some of those frames to be
pre-filled with stuff. I tried something like

        def __init__(self):
            frames = list()

            ## Four frames for the fixed part of the page
            frames.append(Frame(5.1*inch, 6.8*inch,
                                5.5*inch, 0.8*inch,  showBoundary=1))
            frames.append(Frame(5.1*inch, 5.5*inch,
                                4.5*inch, 1.2*inch,  showBoundary=1))
            frames.append(Frame(0.4*inch, 0.4*inch,
                                5.1*inch, 0.7*inch,  showBoundary=1))
            frames.append(Frame(5.6*inch, 0.4*inch,
                                4.6*inch, 0.7*inch,  showBoundary=1))

            ## Three frames for the five flowable graphs
            frames.append(Frame(0.4*inch, 5.5*inch,
                                4.5*inch, 2*inch, showBoundary=1))
            frames.append(Frame(0.4*inch, 1.2*inch,
                                4.5*inch, 3.9*inch, showBoundary=1))
            frames.append(Frame(5.6*inch, 1.2*inch,
                                4.5*inch, 3.9*inch, showBoundary=1))

            PageTemplate.__init__(self, "graph_page", frames)

        def beforeDrawPage(self, canvas, doc):
            drawFancyHeader(canvas,doc)
            story = list()
            ss = getSampleStyleSheet()['Normal']
            for i in range(0,4):
                p = Paragraph("trolololololololol", ss);
                self.frames[i].add(p, canvas)
                self.frames[i].add(FrameBreak(), canvas)

but this is giving me

    NotImplementedError:
       handle_pageBegin args=()

because FrameBreak apparently is a flowable that doesn't override this
method.

How can I accomplish what I want? Is it possible to have fixed frames
that are pre-filled? I could manually lay out their contents instead,
but it would be a tad too laborious, and not flexible enough for what
I want to do.

TIA,
- Jordi G. H.