fixed depth columns

[Jeff Spall]

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

[dspires]

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?

[Jeff Spall]

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

[dspires]

Look here:

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

[Jeff Spall]

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

[dspires]

Glad to help.