[RESOLVED] Newspaper type columns

scene, crystal 10, vb.net 2002, home rolled report viewing system, so reports are done seperatly and NOT compiled into various applications.

We have a need to set columns on a report, the column section headers contain employee data, the detail for that header below it so something like this.

********
********
********
----------
XXXXXXXX
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx
xxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxx

where *** is the column header information and x is the detail data, we need to create 3 columns across a sheet with varying detail lengths based on the employee and what class they are teaching (the detail list is a list of the people in that class, anywhere from 1 to 25) so something like

******** ********* *********
******** ********* *********
---------- ----------- ------------
xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxx

(except lined up, my art skills are ahem, lacking). I have read every book, looked at so many websites my eyes are bleeding and still haven't found an answer, AFAICT this is impossible in crystal 10, but i can get the same thing in my average magazine or newspaper...hmmm...

as always, help appreciated and rated, even a pointer to a website i missed would be most helpful.

thanks

I have not used Crystal 10 but this might work.

Use the Format Section screen and click on the Details section. Is there an option called "Format With Multiple Columns"? In prior versions of Crystal when checking this option, another tab called Layout becomes Visible.

do you want to continue the details from one column to the other in the same page...if not then you can do it easily, otherwise i dont have idea...

Ganes,

nope, what we need are maybe 2 to 3 short items (most classes are 8-10) grouped together per column, then 2 or 3 columns per page (based on how oogly it becomes).

dunno how, but while i was out on holiday, my programmer figured it out.