Hi, I think a variation of this question - laying out search returns across several columns - has been asked before, but what I want to do is this:

I need to be able to create web page returns from our internal contact database that will print well. To do this I want to have the column below reach a fixed depth, then flow into 2nd and 3rd columns - just like you would on a printed page. I suspect that there's a Java answer, but that's far beyond my ability to write from scratch!

The page itself is pretty simple:

TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=250>[FMP-RECORD]

<TR>

<TD>

<P>[FMP-FIELD: department][FMP-PORTAL: master_contact_list]

<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=230>

<TR>

<TD>

<P>[FMP-FIELD: master_contact_list::wholename]</P>

</TD>

<TD>

<P ALIGN=right>[FMP-FIELD: master_contact_list:: phone_ext]</P>

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

[/FMP-PORTAL]</P>

</TD>

</TR>[/FMP-RECORD]

</TABLE>

thanks, Jeff

I'm not sure that I follow what your asking. On a page with 12 records, for example, you want 3 columns of 4 records. the first four filling the first column, records 5-8 in the second and 9-12 in the third?

Hi, yes that's it exactly.

I would want, say, 30 lines of text in the first column, then fill column two, then column three.

Thanks, Jeff

Look here:

http://www.fmforums.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=22&t=000399

Hi,

thanks very much!

I can use this to make just what I want and it's really useful to us because we can have one source for the internal phone list instead of having to export and print.

Neat

thanks, Jeff

Glad to help.